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by Chuck Colbert While it is one thing “creating laws so that carol moseley people don’t feel persecuted,” the cardinal ex- BOSTON—The Catholic spiritual leader of Chi- plained, “don’t create a law that says apples braun interview cago visited Boston College recently, where a are oranges.” For a lawmaker to do so, George page 6 doctoral student pressed Cardinal Francis George added, he “betrays his vocation to pass good about the Church’s recent opposition to civil- law,” especially problematic for a “Catholic law- unions legislation recently passed by the Illinois maker.” General Assembly. Like many Catholic families with LGBT family George told student John Falcone his “ar- members, even his own, George acknowledged gument was not with Mother Church but with his oldest nephew is gay and a “fine man.” Mother Nature,” adding that anyone who advo- The cardinal archbishop came to Boston Col- cates same-sex marriage or its equivalent “has lege at the invitation of the university’s School lost touch with the common understanding of of Theology and Ministry as well as the Church the human race.” in the 21st Century Center. The school and the “No one has the right to change marriage,” center co-sponsored George’s lecture Dec. 7. George went on to say, neither “the Church” nor Cardinal Francis George. “the state.” Turn to page 9

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Find Nightspots on www.WindyCityQueercast.com 4 Jan. 12, 2011 WINDY CITY TIMES down, especially since there is nothing in Cali- ONLINE AT nents of an initiative measure possess either a fornia law that gives initiative proponents the particularized interest in the initiative’s validity Appeals court power to force an appeal when the official repre- WINDYCITYMEDIAGROUP.COM or the authority to assert the State’s interest sentatives of the state have determined that do- NATIONAL NEWS in the initiative’s validity, which would enable seeks state ing so is not in the best interests of the state,” them to defend the constitutionality of the ini- said Shannon Minter of the National Center for tiative upon its adoption or appeal a judgment Lesbian Rights (NCLR). invalidating the initiative, when the public of- court’s ruling The development struck some as odd. It ap- ficials charged with that duty refuse to do so.” pears the federal court is asking a state court “If California does grant the official proponents in Prop 8 case whether Yes on 8 has standing to appeal a lower of an initiative the authority to represent the By Lisa Keen federal court ruling that struck down Prop 8. —Boston sports State’s interest in defending a voter-approved Keen News Service “I don’t think it was necessary to ask the Cali- writer outs himself initiative when public officials have declined to fornia Supreme Court to rule on that issue,” said do so or to appeal a judgment invalidating the A 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel sur- Minter, “and I am disappointed the Ninth Circuit —Anti-gay Virginia initiative,” stated the order, “then Proponents prised many Proposition 8 observers Jan. 4 when did so.” But Ted Olson, a lead attorney on the Foxx (left) heads would also have standing to appeal on behalf of it suddenly issued five documents relating to the team challenging Prop 8, said it is not uncom- U.S. House education the State.” case. mon. subcommittee “This court is obligated to ensure that it has But there was no decision in Perry v. And it was not really a surprise to learn the jurisdiction over this appeal before proceeding panel is struggling with the question of stand- to the important constitutional questions it Schwarzenegger, the landmark case testing —Male model ing. During oral argument Dec. 6, 2010, all three presents,” said the order, “and we must dismiss whether voters in California violated the U.S. allegedly castrates, judges seemed troubled by the idea that a state the appeal if we lack jurisdiction. The certified Constitution when they amended the state con- fatally beats partner stitution to ban marriage licenses for same-sex governor or attorney general could, in essence, question therefore is dispositive of our very abil- couples. acquire an ability to veto a measure passed by ity to hear this case.” The bottom line of the documents was that voters by simply refusing to defend a challenge “It is not sufficiently clear to us, however, the three-judge panel that heard arguments in to its constitutionality in court. The California 8 “so it’s clear, in California, who has the right whether California law does so,” the panel said. an appeal of the case punted a critical ques- constitution does not provide the governor or to marry and who doesn’t.” The panel seemed “In the absence of controlling authority from the tion regarding legal standing to the California attorney general a right to veto voter-passed prepared, on December 6, to ask the California highest court of California on these important Supreme Court. initiatives. Supreme Court to weigh in on the issue and it questions of an initiative proponent’s rights and The panel said it would not rule on the consti- Both Judge Stephen Reinhardt, widely per- is a curiosity that it waited one month before interests in the particular circumstances before tutionality of Prop 8 until it gets a ruling from ceived to be the most liberal of the panel, and actually doing so. us, we believe we are compelled to seek such an the California Supreme Court as to whether Yes Judge Randy Smith, the most conservative, In its 21-page order to the California Supreme authoritative statement of California law.” on 8 proponents of the initiative have an “au- seemed concerned that the governor and at- Court, the three-judge panel asked the state The Jan. 4 development will, of course, delay thoritative” entitlement to represent the voters torney general’s refusal to appeal the district court to determine whether Yes on 8 proponents the 9th Circuit panel’s decision on the merits of who passed the initiative in the appeal in fed- court decision “does not seem to be consistent” have “rights under California law … to defend the case—whether voters can withhold marriage eral court. with the state’s initiative system. Judge Michael the constitutionality of [Proposition 8] ... when licenses from gay couples while granting them The announcement frustrated and disappoint- Hawkins expressed frustration during argument the state officers charged with the laws’ enforce- to straight couples. ed many. that the panel might be prevented from render- ment …refuse to provide such a defense.” “Further delay in restoring the freedom to “It is frustrating that this will slow the case ing a decision about the constitutionality of Prop Olson, in a telephone conference call with re- marry in California is a lamentable hardship on porters soon after the court released its order, couples,” said Evan Wolfson, head of the nation- said that, if the California Supreme Court deter- al Freedom to Marry group. “But I am confident mines that there is no authority under state law that we will regain the freedom to marry in Cali- for Yes on 8 to have standing to represent voters fornia soon.” in the appeal, the 9th Circuit would be bound to NCLR’s Minter agreed. accept that determination. However, the ruling “I am confident the California Supreme Court on standing could still be appealed to the U.S. will hold that California law does not give initia- Supreme Court, he said. tive proponents any special power to override If the California Supreme Court determines Yes the decisions of the state’s elected representa- on 8 does not have standing and the 9th Circuit tives,” Minter said. “In the meantime, however, rules accordingly, then the decision of U.S. Dis- Proposition 8 remains on the books, and every trict Court Judge Vaughn Walker Aug. 4, 2010, day that goes by, LGBT people in California are will become the law throughout California, mak- denied the freedom to protect their families and ing it possible for same-sex couples to obtain express their love and commitment through mar- marriage licenses. riage. This will delay,” he said, “but not deny, Judge Walker ruled that Prop 8 violates the the day that Proposition 8 is gone for good.” U.S. Constitutional guarantees to equal protec- ©2011 Keen News Service. All rights re- tion and due process. Although neither the at- served. torney general nor the governor provided any defense for the initiative during the trial last January, Walker did allow Yes on 8 proponents to intervene in the trial as defenders of the Navy commander measure. But the appeals panel indicated that relieved of duty standing in the district court does not necessar- Owen Honors, captain of the USS Enterprise, ily mean Yes on 8 has standing to appeal. was relieved of duty Jan. 4 after several raun- If Yes on 8 does appeal a loss on the issue The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments in the federal Prop 8 case on Dec. 6. chy videos—some with anti-gay content— of standing to the U.S. Supreme Court, and the On Jan. 4, the court said it was confused by the case and suspended consideration of it until were released, according to Fox News. high court rules in its favor, it would then most the California Supreme Court answers a question that the 9th Circuit sent to it. Pool photo by In the videos, which was filmed in 2006 and likely send the case back to the 9th Circuit for a AP’s Eric Risberg 2007 (when Honors was the executive offi- ruling on constitutionality. cer), sailors are in drag; use anti-gay slurs; Meanwhile, among its other documents Jan. and simulate a rectal exam and masturbation. 4, the 9th Circuit panel issued a 16-page opin- The Virginian-Pilot newspaper broke the story ion that Imperial County, Calif., does not have DaveOuanoPhotography.com Jan. 1. standing to appeal the district court decision it- Adm. John C. Harvey Jr., commander of Events • Fashion • Fitness self. The panel said it was denying the county’s United States Fleet Forces Command, said, claim for standing on different grounds than did “After personally reviewing the videos created Judge Walker. The panel held that, because the while serving as executive officer, I have lost county simply administers the state’s marriage confidence in Capt. Honors’ ability to lead ef- law, it does not have any “interest on its own” fectively, and he is being held accountable to defend. The county has 14 days in which to for poor judgment and the inappropriate ac- appeal the panel’s ruling on standing. tions demonstrated in the videos that were The 21-page order released Jan. 4 said that created while he served as executive officer having standing to defend Proposition 8 in fed- on Enterprise.” eral district court does not necessarily guaran- Aubrey Sarvis, Army veteran and executive tee that Yes on 8 proponents have standing in director for Servicemembers Legal Defense federal court. In one of several other documents Network, said in a statement that Honors released, the panel denied an effort by Imperial “was acting more like the president of a frat County to gain standing to make the appeal. house rather than the executive officer of the The panel’s formal question to the California U.S.S. Enterprise.” ModelMayhem.com/DaveOuano Supreme Court is: “Whether under Article II, Section 8 of the California Constitution, or oth- [email protected] erwise under California law, the official propo- WINDY CITY TIMES Jan. 12, 2011 5 U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. H.W. Bush to suppress the information in that “has been happening over a significant period of It is designed to advance and update the 2001 report, according to a 1994 piece by Chris Bull time.” He has been a member of the Consumer Task force National Strategy for Suicide Prevention. in the Advocate. Subcommittee of SAMHSA’s National Suicide Pre- Robbins said in an interview that he believes In 2008, the Suicide Resource Prevention Cen- vention Lifeline for three years, and said that focuses on the task force will be able to inform government ter, created by HHS to help states and commu- SAMHSA has been “deeply committed” to ad- agencies as well as private non-profits about nities “implement and evaluate suicide preven- dressing LGBT youth suicide prevention. preventing “appropriate, evidence-based suicide prevention tion programs,” released a 63-page white paper, In government, however, “it takes a long time programming that works for this community.” Suicide Risk and Prevention for Lesbian, Gay, for things to happen,” he said. He noted that many different government Bisexual, and Transgender Youth. The task force was conceived before the media suicide agencies—including the Department of Educa- “It would be difficult to overstate the impact attention around the LGBT suicides last fall, he by Dana Rudolph tion, the Department of Health and Human Ser- of stigma and discrimination against LGBT in- noted. The attention last fall, however, “helped Keen News Service vices, and the Department of Defense—are in- dividuals in the United States,” said the white align the government with ways they can ad- volved in suicide prevention, and the task force paper. “Stigma and discrimination are directly dress the problem,” and reaffirmed that “this is The federally supported National Action Alliance will be able to “provide some linkages” among tied to risk factors for suicide.” a public health issue.” for Suicide Prevention (NAASP) recently official- the efforts. Robbins said that work among government en- ©2010 by Keen News Service. All rights re- ly announced a task force dedicated to suicide He also hopes the task force will be able to tities on suicide prevention among LGBT youth served. prevention among LGBT youth. share with and learn from the other Alliance task Pamela Hyde, the openly gay head of the Sub- forces addressing high-risk populations, includ- stance Abuse and Mental Health Services Admin- ing American Indians/Alaska Natives and mili- Gay intern saved istration (SAMHSA) revealed plans in November tary service members and veterans. to form such a task force. And, on the same day U.S. rep’s life He said he and Jennings are still in the pro- U.S. Rep. as the Alliance officially announced the task Daniel Hernandez, Jr., the intern who re- cess of naming members to the task force and Gabrielle force, SAMHSA separately announced the avail- mained by the side of U.S. Rep. Gabrielle would be convening in January to identify spe- Giffords. ability of up to $5.5 million for campus suicide Giffords—among the many shot by Jared Lee cific goals for the group. prevention programs that meet the needs of Loughner, 22, Jan. 8 in Tucson, Ariz.—is gay, A string of suicides by teens bullied for being youth the Alliance has identified as being at according to the Dallas Voice. gay or perceived to be gay captured nationwide particular risk, including LGBT youth. The Arizona Republic wrote, “Hernandez was media attention last fall and prompted calls for Lesbian, gay, and bisexual youth are from 1.5 standing about 30 feet from Giffords during been an effective leader and a steady friend action from LGBT organizations, celebrities, and to seven times more likely to report having at- the ‘Congress on Your Corner’ event outside a to the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender the U.S. Department of Education, among oth- tempted suicide than their non-LGBT peers, ac- community. We wish her and the other injured ers. Robbins said, however, that these incidents Safeway store near Tucson. When the gunshots cording to the Alliance. Transgender youth, al- “are a fraction of what occurs on a regular ba- began, Hernandez ran toward them and began victims a speedy and complete recovery. though less well studied, are believed to have sis.” checking the pulses of people who’d been hit. “A healthy democracy does not have room for higher rates of suicidal behavior as well. In fact, the federal government has known When Hernandez got to Giffords, he used his a culture of violence and intimidation. Political The task force will be led by Charles Robbins, about suicide as a health risk for gay and lesbian hand to apply pressure to the entry wound on leaders and judges must be able to do their head of The Trevor Project, which operates an youth for over 20 years. The Report of the Secre- her forehead. He pulled her into his lap and jobs without having to fear for their lives. Now LGBT youth suicide prevention program nation- tary’s Task Force on Youth Suicide, published by held her upright so she wouldn’t choke on her more than ever, we all must work to ensure wide, and Kevin Jennings, the Department of the Department of Health and Human Services blood.” they’re able to do so.” Education’s Assistant Deputy Secretary for the (HHS) in 1989, noted the higher risk of suicides On Jan. 9, Giffords’ longtime campaign man- Authorities have charged Loughner with two Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools. Jennings, and suicide attempts among that population. ager, Mike McNulty, told CNN that he was con- counts of murder, two counts of attempted an openly gay appointee, founded the Gay, Les- Some questioned the report’s methodology, fident the congresswoman would pull through, murder and one count of attempting to assas- bian, and Straight Education Network (GLSEN). but subsequent studies have upheld the gen- although “[t]he doctors are pretty clear that sinate a member of Congress, according to the The alliance, launched by Secretary of Health eral conclusion that gay and lesbian youth are a we just have to wait and see.” Wall Street Journal. Loughner shot 20 people— Kathleen Sebelius and Secretary of Defense group at high risk for suicide. But pressure from Lambda Legal Executive Director Kevin Cath- six fatally, including U.S. District Court Judge Robert Gates in September, is a public-private the right wing led the administration of George cart said in a statement, “Gabrielle Giffords has John Roll and a 9-year-old girl. partnership supported by SAMHSA, part of the

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Braun on her running—in terms of credentials and my experi- [Note: The election board backed Emanuel. ence in government. I’ve served on the local, A hearing was slated to start Jan. 11 in Cook mayoral run county, state, national and international levels County Circuit Court.] That’s not for me to have BY ANDREW DAVIS of government. And I’ve been both an adminis- an opinion on, really, because I’m not on the trator as well as a legislator. I also have been an board. But he should do the right thing in re- As more and more candidates drop out of the entrepreneur, with a start-up organic beverage gards to it. race to be Chicago’s next mayor, the spotlight company. So I’ve had enough experiences where WCT: I asked because your campaign man- becomes brighter for those remaining—and the I’m the best-qualified candidate to run. ager, Mike Noonan, issued a press release glare has been particularly bright for Carol Mo- I’m doing it because I love Chicago and I love about Rahm Emanuel wanting “a special deal seley Braun. the people. I’ve lived my entire life here (al- from the Board of Elections.” There’s also the though I traveled and moved abroad briefly), She is used to being the center of attention, implication that Rahm lied on his tax form. Carol Moseley Braun. having been a U.S. senator as well as an ambas- but I’m a third-generation Chicagoan and I care So that’s why I asked. sador. However, her 2011 run has been steeped about what happens. I want it to be a city where CMB: I gave you my position on it. I wasn’t CMB: Very curious. in controversy regarding everything from her we can be proud of our stewardship, where we aware of Mike’s... I guess I should’ve known. I WCT: After all, there is no consensus Latino tax returns to a recent LGBT event she skipped, can have public safety, where our children can wasn’t paying any attention to it, I guess. candidate... delivering words over the telephone. (See the get a quality education in the neighborhoods WCT: OK. The whole “consensus Black can- CMB: That’s right. sidebar on page 7.) In this interview (recorded where they live and there are jobs created in didate” situation is interesting. Were you WCT: What do you feel was your most im- in late December), Moseley Braun talked with those same neighborhoods so people can sup- surprised that Danny Davis was initially se- portant accomplishment as a senator? Windy City Times about opponent Rahm Emanu- port themselves. lected? CMB: The one I’m most proud of is the “crum- el, her reasons for running and education. To me, all of those things are quality-of-life CMB: See—he wasn’t. I was selected, too, for bling schools” initiative, which got federal mon- Windy City Times: I’ve been talking with a issues that are eminently doable with proper that matter. Things kept changing. The process ey into rebuilding our nation’s schools. Again, few people about mayoral candidates. When leadership. was so flawed that I don’t think it had any cred- this would’ve been an opportunity to improve I brought up your name, the response I got WCT: One of your opponents, Rahm Emanu- ibility at all. the contribution to elementary and secondary most often was “I’m not sure why she’s run- el, is still dealing with residency issues [that WCT: I just thought the whole process was education. Right now, the federal government ning.” So could you articulate why you are might cost him a spot on the ballot]. Where very curious... puts in less than 8 percent of the cost of our schools nationwide, so if we could get some help from the national government—even if it’s just to rebuild the buildings—it would free local dollars to help improve the curriculum and help teachers. At the end of the day, we have to have a quality public-school system or we will lose the international economic competition. Do you suffer from If we give up on our schools, we give up on our country—and I am not prepared to stand by and watch this generation relegated to a Third World education and have that define the America that we’re going to have to live in go- pain due to HIV- ing forward. It really is a matter of our country’s national security. The second thing I’m most proud of was the fact that I became the first woman in history to related neuropathy? serve on the Senate Finance Committee. And, in that regard, I was able to pass legislation that provided for pension fairness for women and leg- islation that took the co-payments off of mam- mograms. The Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago I also brought home to Illinois over a bil- (RIC) is conducting a study for lion dollars in infrastructure and other building improvements—so [I helped with] everything participants who have pain associated from the reconstruction of lower Wacker Drive to with HIV-related neuropathy. The the work on the lakefront. And I did all of this, by the way, as the only African-American in the study will evaluate the safety and United States Senate at a time when there were efficacy of a trial medication to treat Strom Thurmond and Trent Lott and Jesse Helms. It was a very difficult time. this pain. WCT: Do you think education is the biggest If you are interested in participating, problem facing the city right now? CMB: Education is the cornerstone because please call (312) 238-7611. it relates to our ability to create businesses, jobs in our neighborhoods; you have to have an educated workforce that is capable of doing the work our businesses [need]. We have to be Participants must meet the following able to coordinate and leverage our assets so criteria: as to make Chicago once again an international center for intellectual property and real products • Be at least 18 years of age we can sell to the rest of the world. You can’t even do call centers if people aren’t educated, • Be diagnosed with HIV-related so education is key to job creation. Education is also key to public safety, which is neuropathy the other leg of this three-legged stool, if you will. Public safety is essential to everything. If you don’t have safe streets, people are not go- This study will last about 127 days. ing to locate their jobs or businesses there, and children won’t even be able to go to school to Participants may receive placebo or get a quality education. So safety, job creation study drug that has not been and education are tied intricately together—and those would be my priorities in terms of helping approved by the FDA for this to maintain and improve the quality of life in condition. Subjects may receive this great city. WCT: Now what would you say is the biggest compensation for participation. problem facing the LGBT community? CMB: For one thing, the city has had a wel- coming environment for the LGBT community, IRB Project # INC1-10-002; Principal Investigator: Dr. Norman Harden and I’m very proud of that. Chicago has been a The Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago is an academic affiliate of Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Turn to page 7 WINDY CITY TIMES Jan. 12, 2011 7 BRAUN from page 6 CMB: I was talking about something close to this today. I have some friends who founded a receptive city. There are still problems with bul- unionized charter school because they wanted lying and violence that law-enforcement person- to provide unisex education for girls at the nel have to be sensitized to dealing with but, high-school level. There was som research that beyond that, I think the city has pretty much showed that girls do better, particularly in math distinguished itself as to its receptivity to the and science, when they are not intimidated by LGBT community. the presence of boys in the classroom. Let me tell a story that I feel is pertinent: So I guess my short answer is that, to the ex- I gave a speech recently to Hyde Park High tent that teenagers who are questioning might School. When I finished, a little girl in the need an environment where they’re not ridiculed front row raised her hand and asked, “Dr. Mar- or bullied, [such a school] might be a positive tin Luther King: He was killed, right?” At first, I thing. The objective of the school is not just was shocked: This was a Black child in a Black about creating community; it’s education. If a school, and she was confused that Dr. Martin Lu- young person’s sexuality gets in the way of edu- ther King was assassinated. Then it dawned on cation because they don’t fit socially then, as me: He was killed so many years ago that, in her educators and parents, we have a responsibility world view, it could’ve been Abraham Lincoln or to alleviate those problems. Julius Caesar, for that matter. She didn’t have a WCT: What do you feel is the biggest mis- point of reference. conception about you? Left: Marc Loveless holds a mic in one hand and the telephone with Carol Moseley Braun in I never cease to be amazed, in terms of the CMB: Oh, that I did anything other than show the other. Right: Two event attendees. Photos by Andrew Davis LGBT community. I have been a fighter for civil up at the Senate when they didn’t want to have rights for the LGBT community from the begin- me there. [Laughs] When I got elected to the Braun phones it in together to promote and build and strengthen ning. I’ve taken the hard knocks with the De- Senate, it broke open an institution that had the neighborhoods.” She also said that “it re- fense of Marriage Act in the Senate, on the state been closed. I was one of two African Americans at LGBT event ally comes down to the people and the culture. level with hate crimes. I’ve been there consis- elected there in the entire 20th century and, in- Carol Moseley Braun’s Jan. 4 LGBT meet- [There should] be a city where the culture is tently over the years. Yet, I find myself having stead of that being celebrated, it was met with and-greet at Downtown Bar & Lounge featured one of inclusion in which the people are free to revisit all of that and remind people of those smears, marginalization and scandalizing—none plenty of people—except the mayoral candi- to live in safety and to be who they are, and fights and contributions, because a lot of people of which had any merit or truth to it. I came date herself. whose rights are protected by the city govern- just don’t know. through those years—and I never had a sanc- However, she did make an appearance, of ment.” We can all celebrate the repeal of “Don’t Ask, tion or censure. It was a lot of noise and heat sorts. After some patrons waited more than Two other Braun supporters—David Igasaki Don’t Tell,” but one of the candidates in this around the fact that I was this unusual member two hours, event organizer Marc Loveless let and Elizabeth Wakeland—spoke before the race, and I’m not trying to trash him—yeah, I of the Senate. attendees know that Braun would be unable to candidate did. Igasaki cited what he said was am trashing him publicly—was the architect of And, quite frankly, I think members of the personally make the event (apparently because Braun’s “impeccably progress voting record” it in the Clinton administration. So the contri- LGBT community can relate better than most to of double-booking)—but that he had her on when she was a legislator and added that she butions as well as the betrayals, if you will, have being singled out and treated like the other. It the phone. He then put the phone up to the was “a steadfast supporter of the LGBT com- been forgotten. As candidates, we start off rede- was a very difficult time, but when it was all mic; unfortunately, the volume output was so munity.” fining ourselves from scratch—and that makes over I was still able to get the nation’s high- low that only those closest to Loveless could Reactions to Braun’s “appearance” ranged the challenge of doing interviews that much est security clearance. [Laughs] Now I know how hear what she said. from Loveless’ optimism and spin to several more important. to handle being smeared; I’m a wiser person, a Braun said, in part, that she wanted to attendees feeling discouraged. Loveless said WCT: What are your thoughts on a school better person—and someone who’s more sophis- make Chicago a city “where everyone would that there will be a similar event with Braun in specifically for LGBT students? Do you think ticated in the ways of political hardball. have equality and opportunity and a chance the future. it would segregate a segment of the popula- See http://www.CarolForChicago.com. to participate.” She added that “Chicago is a —Andrew Davis tion? city of neighborhoods, and we have to work

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-#4+7 7INDY#ITY4IMES,/s*AN sX 8 Jan. 12, 2011 WINDY CITY TIMES the CEO or the board, with Oboza saying that, them one on one [that] I think the whole situa- “I think firing Rick says a lot—I don’t have to tion and the way they did it was handled badly,” Protest at talk to Bernard. I have written to [him] and Art he said, adding, “I think they acted harshly, like [Johnston, EI board member and co-founder] to a big corporation, [unlike] an organization that Equality tell them I’m no longer a member or a volun- talks about getting justice and equality for ev- teer.” erybody. Regardless of the legality of what they Schendel added, “until the job description [for did, I thought it wasn’t done in a nice, human, Illinois event the new policy director] is posted, until you tell caring way and that they look like heartless bul- by Yasmin Nair us who this interim lobbyist is, until you articu- lies.” late the new direction that Equality Illinois is Cohn said he had chosen to come inside be- The Equality Illinois First Friday event is a headed and with specific goals and action steps cause he believed that it was more effective monthly gathering designed to raise funds and for how you’re going to achieve those, neither I to “dialogue” with the board than to “stand bring members of the organization together in a nor any of the organizations I’ve been involved outside across the street and shout.” He said social setting at the Boystown nightspot Side- with will be supporting Equality Illinois. It’s a that his disappointment with the way the fir- track. non-profit; they need to disclose what they’re ing was handled did not mean he would stop Rick Garcia, the political policy director of doing and where they’re going. Who is leading his donations, because he was “committed to Equality Illinois, was fired in late December, and the charge? Bernard’s not known. Where’s Ber- the organization and the mission.” Asked if the the decision caused some in the community to nard’s experience?” firing would have any effect on the mission, he call for a protest Jan. 7, the first such scheduled As Oboza and Schendel were speaking, Rick responded, “Yes, it affects the mission because event of the year. Stuckey, a member of Equality Illinois, made I think Rick was awfully effective in what he Two protestors with a sign stood outside in his differences with them clear and there was did. They’ll be hard-pressed to find anybody the frigid cold while approximately 50 members a brief and heated exchange of words. Stuckey as good as Rick. I think that they should have of Equality Illinois gathered inside. On the sign said to the two men, “It’s an employment is- done a better job of managing Rick, regardless were the words, “No public policy director … sue, it’s not about the work that he’s done. It’s of whether or not he’s difficult. They have to be unknown lobbyist on retainer; name background between Rick Garcia and the board of Equality the bigger person and not act immaturely. … I experience unknown; no means to achieve goals; Illinois.” Responding to Schendel’s question, don’t know that I could have handled it any bet- ten dollar donation requested. What’s wrong “What have they done?” he said, “This legisla- ter. I just wish that smarter, wiser people than with this picture?” ture hasn’t been in session so there’s nothing to me had tackled it differently.” William Schendel, the organizer of the protest, do. Even President Obama’s been in Hawaii …. said he was there because “everything seems Would you want your employment issues in the very fishy. I’m upset that Rick’s not there. He’s Protester at the Friday event at Sidetrack. media if you had a problem? You can’t protest De Jesus opts out, done a wonderful job. Everything’s in limbo. Photos by Jerry Nunn something you can’t find information on; you What’s the CEO [Bernard Cherkasov] doing there? should know your facts.” Elaborating to Windy supports Chico He’s posted a job description [for the position someone to do the work. There’s no director of City Times, he said that “Yes, Rick Garcia has The Rev. Wilfredo de Jesus—who is known of director of finance and administration]. He’s public policy to do anything so what are we sup- done great work but obviously something has for his anti-gay background—dropped out of done some things to try and bolster their posi- posed to be giving the money for? Just months been done that they decided that they needed the race for Chicago mayor Jan. 7 and thrown tion, but they haven’t done anything. ” before the 20th anniversary of the organization, to sever that tie.” his support behind Gery Chico, according to He was critical of Cherkasov, saying that “Ber- their gala to congratulate and thank everyone Another Equality Illinois member, Mike Sz- ABC. nard has created this situation. He needs to shit for all their work on this momentous civil unions eremet, came down flatly on the organization’s De Jesus, the minister of New Life Covenant or get off the pot. He created this problem and bill, they fired the director of public policy. And side. Saying that the firing seemed like a con- Church, said that Chicago is at a crossroads. the minute he created this problem, his first a co-founder of the organization—they just fidential personnel matter, he said that he had “It is for this reason that I wholeheartedly push was to fundraise like nobody’s business. kicked him to the curb. It’s just ridiculous.” “confidence in Equality Illinois and the board to support Gery Chico in his bid to become the I’ve gotten more solicitations from Equality Il- Brother Michael Oboza, the second protestor, make the right decisions for the direction of the next mayor of the City of Chicago,” he said. linois in the past three weeks than I’ve ever got- spoke of his long friendship with Garcia. Both organization, and if that means changes in per- Chico responded, “I intend to be partner- ten in my life. He’s trying to fundraise without men said they had not spoken directly to either sonnel, so be it. … I would also say that [based ing with Reverend de Jesus and people in the on] the articles that I read that quoted Rick faith-based community to make better lives Garcia—if he hadn’t been fired he gave them for people throughout the city.” good reason given the language he used, the The minister garnered controversy in 2009 way he denigrated board members, the direc- when he was among those considered to be tors, the process. You have a legal right to file a 26th Ward alderman to replace Billy Oca- grievance if you were wrongfully dismissed, but sio. (Roberto Maldonado was selected.) New I think that to trash people … was all the more Life has taken a hard line against same-sex ATTEND A PUBLIC SCOPING MEETING reason why he shouldn’t be there.” relationships. According to a position paper Red & Purple Modernization Project Inside, the fundraiser appeared to be in full on gays and lesbians by the Assemblies of MON., JAN. 24, 2011 TUE., JAN. 25, 2011 swing. Dalila Fridi, a member of the board, said God—with which the church is affiliated— 6:00 to 8:30 p.m. 6:00 to 8:30 p.m. she did not know much about the protest and ”[h]omosexual behavior is sin because it is UPTOWN EDGEWATER was pleased with the attendance. She said she disobedient to scriptural teachings” and “[h] St. Augustine College Nicholas Senn High School did not know anything about the matter of the omosexual behavior is sin because it is con- 1345 W. Argyle St. 5900 N. Glenwood Ave. lobbyist. Equality Illinois CEO Bernard Cherka- trary to God’s created order for the family and Chicago, IL 60640 Chicago, IL 60660 sov said that the evening’s turnout was greater human relationships,” among other beliefs. In WED., JAN. 26, 2011 THU., JAN. 27, 2011 than that of the First Friday in January 2010 addition, De Jesus commented in an October 6:00 TO 8:30 p.m. 6:00 TO 8:30 p.m. and spoke of what he called Equality Illinois’ 2008 Christianity Today article that “oppos- ROGERS PARK EVANSTON “aggressive” new goals for the future, including ing abortion and homosexuality [had] been New Field Primary School Fleetwood-Jourdain Community Center “a strong focus on transgender equality issues,” the paramount moral issues for him” until the 1707 W. Morse Ave. 1655 Foster St. adding, “We’re going to announce our plans in treatment of illegal immigrants captured his Chicago, IL 60626 Evanston, IL 60201 2011 and announce our hiring plan.” attention. Information presented will be the same at all meetings. Addressing the matter of the lobbyist and the These facilities are accessible to persons with disabilities. Campaign co-chair Todd Connor told Windy search for a new public policy director, Cherkas- City Times Jan. 10 that “Gery Chico has been The Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) is proposing to make improvements, subject to the ov pointed out that the last few weeks had been an unequivocal advocate for LGBT rights, and availability of funding, to the North Red and Purple Lines. The improvements are proposed in the holidays and they “have not had a lot of order to bring the existing transit stations, track systems and structures into a state of good his history and record on LGBT issues is abso- time to consider what our policy team’s needs repair from the track structure immediately north of Belmont station to the Linden terminal lutely consistent, public and very progressive. (9.5 miles). This project is one part of CTA’s effort to extend and enhance the entire Red Line. are and how to move forward there. As we have He’s made it very clear to [De Jesus] that he for the past number of years, we’ve continued to We want to hear from you! doesn’t agree with that candidate on those is- Attend one of the public scoping meetings to learn more about the project and provide feedback have lobbyists who are helping us do our work sues. on the proposed alternatives, the purpose and need for the project and the environmental and in Springfield. We have had them for a long.” “Campaigns are about support; wherever you community impacts to be evaluated. The input will help defi ne the environmental studies to be Most of the attendees approached were reluc- get support, you want it. It is no reflection of considered in the Tier 1 Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). tant to speak to the press. Art Johnston said [Chico’s] value system that he has [De Jesus’] Submit a Comment by February 18, 2011 he could not speak because of constraints and support.” In addition to comments received at the meeting, written comments Bill Greaves—director of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual On Jan. 9, U.S. Rep. Luis Gutierrez endorsed will be accepted until February 18, 2011. and Transgender Issues for the City of Chicago’s Chico, calling him “by far the most qualified Comments may be submitted by mail, e-mail or fax, with attention to: Commission on Human Relations—also declined candidate in the race.” Gutierrez added, “No Steve Hands, Strategic Planning & Policy, Chicago Transit Authority to speak. P.O. Box 7602, Chicago, IL 60680-7602 other candidate has balanced 16 budgets. No E-mail: [email protected] Fax: (312) 681-4195 But while not everyone would speak, there was other candidate has built bridges across racial, some indication that not all of them were there ethnic and geographic lines like Gery has. Gery For More Info: www.transitchicago.com/RPMproject to provide unqualified support. Robert Cohn, a Chico is simply the best candidate to lead Chi- Ơƹ ǁdžǍLJljDžƹǏǁƾǂ džƹ ljnjNJNJǃLJDž, ǀƻLJdžǁNjƾ LjLJ NjƾDŽƾǍLJdžnj (312) 681-2712 member of the organization from the start and a cago right now.” 㫚䞍ᷕ㔯ᾉ〗炻ġ実ㇻ䓝宅⇘ġ longtime friend of Rick Garcia, spoke honestly to —Andrew Davis (312) 681-2712 WCT about the fact that he had come to address Para informarse en español, llame al (312) 681-2712 his concerns over the firing. “The reason I came Customer Information: 1-888-YOUR-CTA (1-888-968-7282) inside was to talk to the board members and tell WINDY CITY TIMES Jan. 12, 2011 9 with HIV/AIDS and improving ways to reach out truth. “The postmodern mind,” George argues to those most in need of testing. CARDINAL from cover in his book, “deconstructs traditional truths.” David Dodd, chair of the caucus’s public re- Nonetheless, George encourages dialogue, or His talk drew upon themes from his recently lations arm, told Windy City Times that the conversation, between faith and culture. But if published book, The Difference God Makes: A group’s conversation was important in order to the Church bumps up against cultural norms it Catholic Vision of Faith, Communion, and Cul- “get a real account of what the issues are that cannot accept, then “We have to change the ture. are plaguing Black men who have sex with men culture,” he said. The Church in the 21st Century Center serves in order to create discussions around HIV/AIDS A primary vehicle for cultural change, George as “a catalyst and resource and renewal” for the strategies” and to “get information from around suggested, is the legal system. In America, U.S. Catholic Church. Originally established in the community to help address shaping the city there is a near “religious veneration for the 2002 as a two-year initiative at Boston College of Chicago’s forthcoming HIV/AIDS plan.” Constitution” and the law, he explained. “The in the wake of the clerical sex-abuse scandal, The next caucus conversation will take place law is an arbitrator of what is right or wrong. the center is now permanent, with a mission in the coming months. The law teaches us the rules of the game.” to explore “neuralgic issues” facing the Church Marianne Duddy-Burke, executive director of today. Dignity USA, an organization of gay and lesbi- George spoke for 35 minutes and then took Man convicted an Catholics, attended the lecture. “It crystal- several questions from the audience of more “Conversations” attendees. Photo by Mason lized for me very clearly in a way that I hadn’t of threatening than 125 people. Tape recording was not per- Harrison heard before so compellingly, why opposition mitted because, he said, “When I give lecture gay Chicago juror to same-sex marriage has become such a prior- Roanoke, Va., neo-Nazi resident William White as a bishop, snippets are put together and ity for the bishops and their focus on laws as was convicted Jan. 5 of encouraging violence taken out of context,” becoming “an exercise Caucus hosts the only arbitrator of morality in the country,” against Mark Hoffman, an ex-Northwestern Uni- of manipulation, a game of gotcha.” she said. versity administrator who headed the jury that Falcone and another Boston College gradu- ‘Conversations’ Duddy-Burke spoke with George briefly af- BY MASON HARRISON convicted white supremacist Matt Hale of order- ate student, Ryan Nocito, both wore rainbow ter the lecture and said she would write the ing a hit on federal judge Joan Lefkow, accord- sashes, widely regarded as visible indicators cardinal to see if he would meet with her for The Chicago Black Gay Men’s Caucus hosted the ing to the Chicago Tribune. of solidarity with LGBT rights and full partici- conversation. first in what will be a series of “conversations” In a rare move, the jury asked that the court- pation in the Catholic Church. Other students Chris Pett, president of the Chicago chapter in the new year about HIV/AIDS Jan. 8 at the room be cleared of visitors and media before the wore rainbow armbands and ribbons. of Dignity, said he was encouraged by the car- DePaul Center in downtown Chicago. The event verdict was read. Falcone said that he attended the lecture af- dinal’s openness to dialogue. “He can be very was different from past caucus events because In September 2008, four years after Hale’s ter reading a Facebook posting about George’s pastoral, he can listen and be respectful,” said organizers focused on reaching members of the trial, Hoffman started receiving text messages lobbying against civil unions in Illinois. “I was Pett who has met with George twice over years area’s LGBT community who have not frequent- and phone calls, according to the Chicago Sun- upset about that,” Falcone said. “People should but was not in Boston for the lecture. ed past conferences and forums hosted by the Times. According to Hoffman, his own personal not be able to say things with impunity. I want Still, for Pett, there is a disconnect. “We have group. “This time we weren’t preaching to the information appeared on a hate website; the to remind them that they are causing trouble, a body of knowledge,” he said. “We know more choir,” the caucus’ policy chief, Keith Green, data included his sexual orientation, his part- and they cannot get away with it.” about human sexuality than we did 100 years said. ner’s African-American background and even his Falcone said that he wrote to the dean of ago. And the Church doesn’t acknowledge any The conversation, attended by approximately cat’s name (Homeboy). the School of Theology and Ministry and Theol- of that. They keep coming back to Adam and 60 people, featured discussions about HIV pre- White’s online posting called Hoffman a “gay, ogy ahead of time, informing officials that he Eve.” vention and testing, the stigma associated with Jewish anti-racist” and blamed Hoffman for would be at the lecture. George appeared not There is yet another disconnection for the HIV and linkages to care, reducing the number what White felt was Hale’s wrongful conviction. to be taken by surprise with the question. Church. As The New York Times reported Dec. of new infections and HIV transmission among The defense argued that White made no spe- “What I heard in his response,” Falcone said, 15, the Catholic Church has relented in France, sex workers. Those in attendance floated a host cific threats against Hoffman. However, prosecu- “is that most important aspect the Church’s citing the National Confederation of Catho- of ideas to address the topics at hand, including tors cited White’s calls for everyone linked with lobbying against same-sex unions is that mar- lic Family Associations, which now says civil decentralizing the gay connection to HIV/AIDS, the Hale trial to be “assassinated,” the Tribune riage is between a man and woman, and homo- unions do not pose “a real threat” to marriage presenting better depictions of people living reported. sexuality is unnatural.” and the family. George’s talk focused on a theme of “Catholic A larger issue also remains. “The debate communion in our time and the future.” The within the church is whether to view innate Church teaches that the human “sense of self attraction to the same sex as a deformity of is essentially related,” he said. “We are born human nature or as an alternative form of hu- related and spend a lifetime growing into man sexual nature,” said Lisa Sowle Cahill, a HIGH ABOVE THE those relationships.” professor of Christian ethics at Boston College, At the same time, the Catholic Church holds quoted in the Times Dec. 17. up universal truth claims based on faith, CITY, FROM THE Chuck Colbert holds a master of divinity George argues in his book. (2002) and licentiate degree (2005) from But contemporary culture privileges individ- ��TH FLOOR OF the Weston Jesuit School of Theology, now ual rights, George said. 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Hanover just prior to her arrest during a Supreme Court protest as part of the Bruce Koff, Renee Hanover and Judith Johns receiving awards in 1992 from the Illinois Gay and 1987 March on Washington weekend. Photo by Tracy Baim Lesbian Task Force. Photo by Genypher Novak HANOVER from cover communities includes work on dozens of non- ing of a Black drag queen by the Chicago Police “This would have to be the most moving event profits, defending gay men against police en- Department. … We came to understand that we have ever had.” She said the community is a her father was from Russia, her mother from trapment, fighting to desegregate beaches in our gay rights would be nothing but privileges part “of all the people who are covered by the England. What radicalized her on gender issues Chicago, helping overturn the Chicago anti- for the well-to-do unless we acted for the most Constitution.” Hanover told the crowd that she was an experience in Hebrew school, which she cross-dressing law, representing African-Ameri- vulnerable, most easily victimized queers. Long- was asked to speak June 17 before the Texas Bar attended with her sister. Renee excelled, win- can lesbians protesting heavy carding at white time lesbian lawyer Renee Hanover, who had Association opposite Bryant. ning a first prize award that would mean she lesbian bars, representing the Black Panthers, struggled for years already as an advocate of During the 1987 March on Washington week- could lead a parade. But because she was a girl, and much more. She was a colleague of legend- union and leftist communities in Chicago, was end in D.C., the 61-year-old Hanover was among she was initially refused the honor. ary Chicago lesbian Pearl Hart. one of the maybe 20 of us in the freezing sleet those arrested at a protest in front of the U.S. When she was in New York, Renee also was Hanover was one of Chicago’s most cherished on Chicago Avenue that day.” Supreme Court. For more than 40 years, she was involved in labor organizing because she was an lesbian activists. She worked inside and outside That was Hanover—you could count on her involved in a wide range of causes. As an out office worker. She joined the Communist Party in the system to save and change the lives of tens in the boardroom, in the courtroom, or on the lesbian attorney as long ago as the 1960s, Ha- New York, and was still involved in the CP when of thousands of people. streets with ACT UP protesters or draft-resisting nover made history alongside very few out col- she moved to Chicago in 1952. She became disil- With her senior colleague, attorney Pearl M. revolutionaries. leagues. lusioned with the CP when they did not support Hart, she helped overturn the Chicago “zipper” She was the attorney for the first public gay Her practice with Hart inspired Hanover’s own efforts on fighting racism. Renee married young law banning cross-dressing and worked on nu- dance in Chicago, in 1970 on Chicago’s South work. “Her legal career consisted in large part (taking her husband’s last name, Hanover), lat- merous cases of gay men arrested by police in Side. of defending underdogs—aliens, alleged subver- er divorced and then raised her three children public spaces. She also took on the gay establishment, fight- sives, homosexuals, prostitutes, among others,” while working her way through college and law Hanover, a powerful presence in any meeting, ing for African-American lesbians kept out of Hanover said when Hart died. One could say the school in the 1960s. was a traditional anti-war leftie, always chal- women’s bars. The April/May 1975 edition of same about Hanover. She was dismissed from law school in 1964, lenging the government. Starting in July 1961, the Chicago Gay Crusader newspaper reported on Hanover cared about senior gay issues and was four months shy of her degree, for being a les- she helped organize a “freedom wade-in” at the the case against C.K.’s Lounge, where Hanover part of a pioneering 1980s group working on bian. She later returned to graduate. She opened South Shore’s Rainbow Beach to help desegre- represented the complainants in their successful those issues well before they became popular. what is believed to be the first law office in the gate Chicago’s beaches. It took three years, but legal fight for unbiased access to the club. She was a director of Lesbian and Gay Seniors U.S. focused on women’s issues and was also be- eventually she and her allies won. The June 24, 1977 edition of GayLife news- (LEGACY) for four years. She was a co-founder lieved to be the first “out” lesbian attorney in Ferd Eggan, who died in 2007, wrote of Ha- paper reported on comments Hanover made at and steering committee member of Old Lesbian the county. nover in an essay titled “Dykes and Fags Want the huge and historic protest against anti-gay Organizing Committee. Hanover was inducted into Chicago’s Gay and Everything: Dreaming of the Gay Liberation singer Anita Bryant’s appearance at Medinah Hanover’s work on women’s issues was also Lesbian Hall of Fame in 1991. Her tremendous Front”: “I remember best a demonstration [in Temple in Chicago. The June 14 protest brought important to her and to Chicago. She helped contributions to Chicago’s LGBT and mainstream the early 1970s] against the beating and kill- together thousands of LGBTs. Hanover stated: anti-rape efforts, the Women in Crisis Can Act

Dillie Grunauer and Renee Hanover at a 1991 Horizons event. Photo by Tracy Baim

Hanover receiving an award from Chicago’s National Organi- Rich Pfeiffer and Hanover circa 1980. Photo from zation for Women chapter in 1991. Photo by Tracy Baim Renae Ogletree and Renee Hanover in 2000. Photo by Tracy Baim the GayLife archives WINDY CITY TIMES Jan. 12, 2011 11 hotline, Women Employed, Lesbians in the Law, a gay or lesbian client, and every time she tes- Chicago Lesbian Liberation, Daughters of Bilitis, tified or lobbied knowledgeably in policy mak- Lesbian Community Cancer (now Care) Project, ing settings. All this advocacy was unpaid, and the National Organization for Women, Chicago even her law practice was often pro-bono. Her Women’s Liberation Front, and dozens more. ability to motivate others and to size them up But she was also involved in numerous legal accurately has been of great aid to her own and efforts, including the National Lawyers Guild others’ advocacy efforts.” (executive board), the Chicago Lawyers Commit- In June 1992, Hanover contributed a column tee to End the War in Vietnam, and the ACLU. to Outlines gay newspaper (which purchased and She initiated the first gay and lesbian workshops merged with Windy City Times in 2000), based at any national legal conference. She was also a on her remarks receiving one of her many hon- charter member of the Lesbian and Gay Bar As- ors, this from the Illinois Gay and Lesbian Task sociation of Chicago (LAGBAC). Force, May 16 of 1992. She stated in part: “I re- Hanover represented in court many feminists member too many years ago when I represented and feminist groups, including the underground the Black Panthers and the Blackstone rangers abortion group JANE. She actively supported and was trying to start a bail fund.” Out of that, and participated in the annual Women and Law she realized the gay community could also use Bill Kelley and Renee Hanover just a few Conferences nationally, from the second through such a fund, which eventually lead to IGLTF’s weeks before she died, at her Los Angeles Hanover in 2007 in Los Angeles. twenty-second years of the conference. She was formation. nursing home. Courtesy of Kelley Photo by Tracy Baim part of a ground-breaking lesbian professional He acceptance speech urged the community to organization, and helped found a 1970s wom- come together across all divisions, including race en’s brunch group that is still active today. and gender. “[We] cannot afford this infighting She also represented the “D.C. 12” gay male and trashing,” she said. “We’ve got serious work defendants against criminal charges stemming ahead of us and we need the contribution of from the Black Panthers Constitutional Conven- each and every one of us. We’ve got to advance tion in Washington, D.C. the interests of the entire gay and lesbian com- Hanover also provided testimony for important munity. The best tribute you could give those legal efforts. She testified before the Chicago we honor tonight is for each and every person City Council, the Chicago Commission on Human here to make a commitment and actively join Relations, the Federal Communications Commis- our struggle.” sion, the Illinois Department of Insurance, the In addition to IGLTF and induction in the Chi- Illinois Department of Labor, the Illinois Equal cago Gay and Lesbian Hall of Fame, Hanover re- Employment Opportunity Commission, the Illi- ceived many other honors during her career. The nois Fair Employment Practices Commission, the Chicago National Organization for Women gave Texas Bar Association, and more. her their Wonder Woman Award, LEGACY named In 1973 alone, she testified twice at the Chi- an award for Hanover after honoring her, and cago City Council, once at hearings on rape, and she received the Joe Alongi Award from IMPACT, another time at the judiciary committee hear- a now-defunct gay political action committee. ings on two gay-rights resolutions. What is most important to remember about Ha- She was very much a co-gender activist, work- nover is not just her work, but Hanover as a ing with Mattachine Midwest, Beckman House, person. She was short and mighty, a mentor and Hanover at a 1980s Chicago Pride rally. Courtesy of the Chicago History Museum Chicago Gay Alliance, Gay Liberation Front (she friend to all generations of LGBTs, an amazing was a founding member in 1969), ACT UP and force for change of both individuals and institu- Illinois Gay and Lesbian Task Force campaigns. tions. She was out and proud and unapologetic, She was in mainstream groups, Jewish organi- well before that became the norm. She was a zations (Havurat Achayot and Congregation Or role model for so many Chicagoans and others Chadash, plus non-gay Jewish groups), progres- around the United States—lawyers, activists, sive causes, and dozens more too numerous to politicians. Her retirement to Los Angeles was a list. sad blow to the Windy City; Chicago may never The Chicago Gay and Lesbian Hall of Fame has see the likes of Renee Hanover again. a more detailed roster of her involvement (see Hanover was preceded in death, by a few www.glhalloffame.org), and many of her person- months, by her former partner Dillie Grunauer, al papers are maintained by the Lesbian Herstory another Chicago activist legend. Archives in New York. Survivors: Her children Stan (Pam) Hanover, Her long-time friend William B. Kelley wrote Paul (Nancy Katz) Hanover, Nancy (Gerardo) the following on the Hall of Fame website: “She Reyes; grandchildren Michael Andrews, Sarah has also been an invaluable organizer of efforts Solon-Hanover, Julie, Jonathan and Susan Ha- to address specific community problems. With- nover; great grandchildren Jasmine, Jelani and out employing mere rhetoric, she has always Khadjia Andrews. pointed out connections between lesbian or Memorials to: Congregation or Chadash, St. gay issues and other social phenomena, and, by John of God Care Center in Los Angeles, The bridging a practice and theory gap between les- Herstory Archives in New York, or Gerber Hart bian and gay activism and other social change Library. In 2000, the Chicago community held a big send-off party and roast for Renee Hanover at Star movements, she has been a living argument (This obituary includes excerpts from the book Gaze bar. This picture has Renee with other Chicago Gay and Lesbian Hall of Famers. Back row, against ghettoization. Hanover has embodied Out and Proud in Chicago: An Overview of the from left: Jim Bussen, Jack Delaney, John Chester, Arlene Halko (now deceased), Tony Midnite gay and lesbian pride and visibility every time City’s Gay Movement, 2008, Agate, by Tracy (now deceased), Bill Kelley. Front row: Tracy Baim, Renee Hanover, Renae Ogletree (now de- she appeared in court or negotiated on behalf of Baim) ceased), Vernita Gray and Robert Castillo. From the Outlines newspaper archives. DaveOuanoPhotography.com Your Neighborhood Indie Bookstore & Café Events • Fashion • Fitness FRIDAY, JANUARY 14, 7 p.m. Karen Abbott reads from her new book American Rose: A Nation Laid Bare: The Life & Times of Gypsy Rose Lee

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4736-38 N. Lincoln Ave. ModelMayhem.com/DaveOuano 773.293.2665 bookcellarinc.com [email protected] 12 Jan. 12, 2011 WINDY CITY TIMES to talk and regretted his failure to respond to Minax sooner. He said he will apologize to Mi- Indiana county board nax, Krell and his friends, and that the incident “had been dealt with internally” already. OKs ordinance In Indiana, the Monroe County Board of “This is a learning experience,” Keup said. Commissioners has unanimously approved a “It’s a message to the gay community but also local human-rights ordinance to ensure non- to the fetish community that there are other discrimination for all county residents, ac- people who are not the same. It’s not black and cording to an Indiana Equality press release. white.” The ordinance protects against discrimina- Generally, Jackhammer has maintained a posi- tion in employment, housing, education and tive reputation among many trans-masculine public accommodations on the bases of race, patrons. Leithan Clews, another trans-masculine religion, color, sex, national origin, ancestry, person, has been frequently the hole with gen- sexual orientation, disability and gender iden- der-variant friends for two years and has never tity or expression. had a problem. He said he was “surprised” to With this change, Monroe County joins hear of the incident. However, Clews said, most Bloomington, Indianapolis and West Lafay- bartenders did not know he was transgender un- ette in rejecting discrimination based on both til recently and that since they have figured it gender identity/expression and sexual orien- stairs at the bar, and she called the police on out, he wonders if it has not changed the way tation. Four other Indiana cities—Michigan him. Keup said the bar has been sensitive about they treat him. “I do feel like they’re more up- Bar installs City, Fort Wayne, Tippecanoe and Lafayette— women in the Hole ever since. Unless a woman tight with me now,” he said. “But then again, include sexual orientation in their laws. is dressed in fetish wear, he said, bar staff will they do have really strict rules.” gender policy not allow her to be in the Alley. Krell said that he will accept Keup and Lac- Jay Lacey was the bartender working in the ey’s apology and return to Jackhammer. But he 46th Ward aldermanic after complaint Hole Oct. 28. He said he saw Krell and his friends said, the staff needs to clarify what its policies By Kate Sosin and thought there were “two lesbians, a female, are and why. “They want to say they are trans- forum on Jan. 24 A forum featuring aldermanic candidates for and a male.” friendly,” he said. “But when it comes down to Jackhammer owner Jimmy Keup said that if the 46th Ward will take place Monday, Jan. “[They] assume that I am supposed to know it, they do think that trans men have to pass there is one thing the bar prides itself on, it is 24, at the Inter-American School, 851 W. they are transgender,” Lacey said. “When I see and that women are vulnerable so they have to inclusivity. The Rogers Park bar has long been Waveland, 7-8:30 p.m. a woman go back there, it’s about the safety of dress to prove that they want to be there.” advertised as a welcoming space for a variety There are at least three openly gay candi- women.” Minax’s e-mail encouraged Keup and staff to of subcultures, including the BDSM community, dates who are vying to replace outgoing Al- Lacey confirmed that he asked Krell and his seek out “Transgender 101” (transgender sensi- which has its own basement party space in Jack- derman Helen Shiller: James Cappleman, Don female-identified friend to leave the Alley. Lacey tivity training) from the Transformative Justice hammer known as “The Hole.” Nowotny and Emily Stewart. also told another transgender friend to leave the Law Project of Illinois. Keup said he intends to “The bar’s vision when we created the space For more information, see http://www. Alley, but when the friend spoke back with a do that. “We need to do a better job,” he said. was to have it be all-inclusive,” Keup told Windy LakeViewCitizens.org. deep voice, Lacey said he realized he probably “And, absolutely, we are willing to do that.” City Times. While many play spaces only allow made a mistake in asking Krell to leave. men, Keup said, Jackhammer has marketed itself “I went back to the bar and was like, ‘What to everyone in the LGBTQ community and be- just happened?’” Lacey said. “I just assume. It’s yond. PASSAGES making an assumption.” But a recent complaint from a transgender pa- Jackhammer bought Krell and his friends a Debra E. Lang tron has called that claim into question, and not round of drinks to apologize, but Krell said the Debra E. Lang, a former ER and flight nurse just for transgender people, but for Keup him- incident left him feeling shocked,“invisible” and at Cook County Hospital and also in New York self. “not understood.” He worried that other trans- and North Carolina, passed away unexpectedly Elias Krell went to Jackhammer Oct. 28, 2010, gender people would kicked out for not passing. at home Dec. 30, 2010. She was 55. to party with three friends (two transgender- He and his friends left, and he hasn’t been back She courageously battled metastatic breast masculine, and one female). Krell identifies as since. cancer for 11 years, and will be remembered a transgender FTM (female to male), and he had Shortly after the incident, Krell’s boyfriend, for her fighting spirit, unflagging optimism, been into The Hole several times without inci- Madsen Minax, e-mailed Keup a complaint let- generous and compassionate heart, and her dent. Krell and his friends were standing in a ter. Minax, who is well-known in Chicago as the great sense of humor. dark corridor known as “The Alley” when the bar- bassist of Actor Slash Model, knew Keup person- Lang was the dearest friend and former part- tender approached them and told them to leave ally because the two had worked together on ner of Luanne Adamus. the space. fundraisers and concerts at Jackhammer. In the She leaves behind her faithful companion, “I hadn’t been in the hole 10 minutes when letter, Minax asked Keup to clarify Jackhammer’s Repo the German shepherd mix; her sister, Su- the bartender pointed in my face and said ‘you, gender policy. san (Brad) Simon of New Jersey; her beloved you need to leave,” Krell told Windy City Times. “If you don’t want women and transgender niece and goddaughter, Samantha “Sam” Si- “He said ‘because you’re not a man.’” people in the hole, (though that would be a mon; and many friends in Chicago and all over Krell does not pass as male, and the bartender bummer) enforce that,” the letter stated. “How- the United States. incorrectly assumed he and another friend were ever if you do wish to remain/be inclusive, it A celebration of her life is being planned. women. has to be consistent. As it stands now, we don’t In lieu of flowers, donations may be made According to Keup, Jackhammer does not en- know when we are safe and when we are not, in her name to Susan G. Komen For the Cure force a gender policy in The Hole itself, but he and it shouldn’t depend on whose bartending (http://www.komen.org), Orphans of the said, staff will not allow women to be in the that night.” Storm (http://www.orphansofthestorm.org) or Alley due to safety concerns. The Alley is a hall- Minax told Windy City Times that he sent the any animal shelter. way linked directly to a side-door exit. Staffers e-mail more than once and left messages for For information contact the Cremation Soci- sometimes cannot see into it to make sure that Keup at the bar, but Keup never responded. After ety of Illinois at 773-281-5058 or http://www. patrons are safe. In August 2007, a gay man two months of silence and a request to comment cremation-society.com. Debra Lang. inappropriately touched a straight woman up- from Windy City Times, Keup said he was ready

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The facility now includes a 77-seat theatre, a 1,000 square-foot lobby and box office, two dressing rooms, two classroom/rehearsal halls, a reception area and lounge for the playwrights, and administrative offices. Each season, about 11,000 people visit the theatre and more than 500 writers participate in weekly programs. Chicago Dramatists’ goal is that the tangible improvements from McGrane and Kuchar will en- hance and contribute to its patrons’ experiences and impressions of the theatre. Plus, the trans- formation will create a more visible and identifiable exterior façade with an improved awning and the stats signage, a lighted poster box, benches, planters, and street furniture. “It’s really, really exciting,” being named the winners, McGrane said. “Some of the challenges [in You can also view each issue Name the contest] led to a better design than it would have been if we didn’t have those designs. This as a PDF on your iPad through Matt McGrane is a collaborative effort, and it will impact so many people—the public, those who work here and www.WindyCityMediaGroup.com the neighborhood. Age “We were thrilled when we found out [that we won]. This is pretty big for both of us.” 34 The estimated date of the interior construction will be complete by the next Chicago Dra- matists’ premiere production, BORDELLO, on Feb. 4, Resides in: 2011, and the second phase of renovating the ex- Chicago’s East Village terior should wrap up in time for the opening of the neighborhood, and has lived in final 2010-2011 production of HICKORYDICKORY in May. The construction budget for both interior and Chicago for two years. exterior improvements is about $13,500. McGrane and Kuchar’s design was selected by a pan- Dating: el of professionals made up by members of Chicago David Maier, 43, an audit Dramatists, Harrington and others. manager, for four years. The two “I hope this is a launching pad for this type of met in Minneapolis. work,” said McGrane, a designer at John Robert Have your Wiltgen Design. “Sure, I love working for John, but Pets there’s going to come a time when I want to branch premiums out on my own. His beagle, Charlie, 5, which “This is real exciting. It’s a great-looking project, he got from Last Hope Animal but also a great functioning project. I’m really happy increased Rescue in Iowa with the way it turned out.” Each season Chicago Dramatists presents three recently? Hobbies world premiere productions and the signature Satur- See me: Gardening, cooking and baking day Series, weekly staged readings of plays in prog- ress. The theatre also conducts educational outreach Charles T. Rhodes, It’s a fact! to at-risk students at Chicago Public Schools. Agent Enjoys retro dance styles, such “Everyone used red [in their design submissions], yet we went away from it,” McGrane said. “When peo- 2472 N. 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Cur- Dear Editor, Tracy Baim rently, Rick is working diligently as a volunteer consultant and advocate for our community’s I was shocked and saddened by Rick Gar- ASSISTANT PUBLISHER Terri Klinsky plan to construct a homeless shelter for LGBTQ MANAGING EDITOR Andrew Davis cia’s termination by Equality Illinois. Yes, BUSINESS MANAGER Meghan Streit youth in Humboldt Park. The disgraceful firing he speaks his mind. Yes, he fiercely opposes DIRECTOR OF NEW MEDIA Jean Albright ROBERTO of our friend creates a wedge between Equal- national groups trying to wrest dollars and ART DIRECTOR Kirk Williamson ity Illinois and Latinos around the state. Rick control from the Illinois LGBT community. SENIOR ACCOUNT MANAGERS: Terri Klinsky, Amy SANABRIA Garcia’s absence is a vacuum where Latinos were Matheny, Kirk Williamson, Dave Ouano Yes, he’s not afraid to speak truth to power, PROMOTIONAL SUPPORT Cynthia Holmes once at the table. Moreover, it flaunts a callous including our “friends” in high places. NIGHTSPOTS MANAGING EDITOR Kirk Williamson dismissal of the collaboration the Latino LGBTQ But the record is clear: He gets things done. NATIONAL SALES Rivendell Media, 212-242-6863 community had begun to erect with Equality Il- That’s what counts in politics, period. Our SENIOR WRITERS Bob Roehr, Rex Wockner, Marie linois. Before any meaningful collaboration can J. Kuda, David Byrne, Tony Peregrin, Lisa Keen, movement has been blessed by his passion, Yasmin Nair, Emmanuel Garcia The departure progress, establishment of trust is essential. Mr. values and leadership. I hope we have him THEATER EDITOR Scott C. Morgan Cherkasov’s ill-advised firing of Illinois’ highest back, and soon. CINEMA WRITER Richard Knight, Jr. profile and respected gay Latino has sabotaged BOOKS WRITER Yasmin Nair of Rick Garcia our trust and laid ruin to our collaboration. ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT WRITERS Matt Foreman Mary Shen Barnidge, Jim Edminster, Steve Warren, The two of us do not presume to speak for Executive director, National Gay & Lesbian Task The Puerto Rican/Latino community is reeling Lawrence Ferber, Mel Ferrand, Catey Sullivan, the entire LGBTQ community of Humboldt Park, Force (2003-2008) Zachary Whittenburg, Jonathan Abarbanel from the forced departure of our friend and but we do speak for the considerable number Executive director, Empire State Pride Agenda COLUMNISTS/WRITERS: Yvonne Zipter, Susie staunchest ally—Rick García. His tenure at we know in this community who have met and Day, Jorjet Harper, Lee Lynch, Steve Starr, Lisa (1997-2003) Keen, Charlsie Dewey, Michael Knipp, Mark Corece, Equality Illinois (EI) bracketed a historical mo- worked with Rick. We are all dismayed by what Executive director, NYC Gay & Lesbian Anti- ment—one that saw our community enjoy un- Sabine Neidhardt, Sam Worley, Billy Masters, John appears to be a tantrum thrown by a CEO with Violence Project (1990-1996) Fenoglio, Chuck Colbert, Micki Leventhal, Sarah precedented attention and solidarity from across discretionary powers. Toce, Rachel Pepper town. Rick García always gets it. He knows a Rick Garcia has always been outspoken. He is SENIOR PHOTOGRAPHERS Kat Fitzgerald, Mel Team Garcia, part two Ferrand, Hal Baim, Steve Starr, Emmanuel Garcia, true ally must exhibit considerable respect for a visionary, a leader, and a statesman. He is the the community he chooses to engage. He did Dave Ouano intellectual author of a new discourse—not one Dear Editor, not ride into Humboldt Park on a white horse CIRCULATION of tolerance, but of acceptance. Perhaps it is CIRCULATION DIRECTOR Jean Albright to save brown people. 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The 12 weeks from Labor Day to Thanksgiving ries spanning nearly four decades (opens Jan. ents Oren Neeman’s Conviction—based on the If you anticipate your head bursting with all are too short a season for wearing our thinking 24, 312-443-3800). Neighborhood audiences novel by Yonatan Ben Nachum—which recounts this enlightenment, you can take refuge under caps, and so several theaters are opting to chase can ponder the conflict between progressive an Israeli scholar’s attempt, in 1960, to ex- the provocatively dubbed heading of “sexual away the cold at the very start of 2011 with capitalism and historical preservation in Raven punge a 15th-century dossier from the files of politics” and go to Steppenwolf for Laura Ea- productions designed to open our minds to new Theatre’s production—the first in Chicago since the Spanish Inquisition (opens Feb. 6 at Theater son’s First Look hit, Sex With Strangers, featur- ideas and fresh resolve: its premiere in our city—of August Wilson’s Wit, 773-975-8150). And speaking of religious ing Sally Murphy and the charismatic Stephen Timeline takes us to a Sudanese refugee camp Radio Golf (opens Feb. 27, 773-338-2177) or tensions, look for Young Jean Lee—the “Young” Louis Grush (opens Jan. 30, 312-335-1650) or with Winter Miller’s In Darfur (opens Jan. 22, empathize with the lone Black student attend- is part of the playwright’s name—to offer some to Profiles for their latest collaboration with 773-281-8463), while Skokie’s Northlight The- ing a posh Wisconsin private school in MPAACT’s opinions in Red Tape’s premiere production of the author-we-love-to-hate Neil LaBute, titled atre introduces us to the courageous women of Ghosts of Atwood (opens Jan. 25 at the Green- Church (opens Jan. 31 at St. Peter’s Church in Reasons To Be Pretty (opens Jan. 27, 773-549- Liberia in Danai Gurira’s Eclipsed (opens Jan. house, 773-404-7336). Lakeview, 773-525-0844). 1815). 22, 847-673-6300). Signal Ensemble resurrects Lest anyone dismiss ethnic intrigues as a Right next to politics and religion on the list And if you really don’t care what’s on the quiz, Dario Fo’s satirical lampoon of Italian bureau- of things we weren’t to talk about at holiday you can take a chance on two plays that may— cracy, Accidental Death of An Anarchist (opens parties were social issues hearkening to lapses or maybe not—address your intellect: J.T. Rog- Feb. 14, 773-347-1350). And Chicago Shake- in our self-proclaimed moral high ground. Stage ers, who gave us history-as-pulp-fiction with speare hosts Black Watch, the National Theatre Left lifts that ban with Ibsen’s An Enemy of the Overwhelmed in 2009, returns to Next Theatre of Scotland’s reconnaissance report on the war Winter ‘11 People, as adapted by Arthur Miller during the with his latest Eurothriller, Madagascar (opens in Iraq—staged, not in a pretty courtyard at McCarthy era, to expose the flaws of “popular Jan. 24 at the Noyes Arts Center in Evanston, Navy Pier, but in the bowels of a spartan vault opinion” (opens March 1 at Theater Wit, 773- 847-475-1875) and Route 66’s premiere of Cait- in Uptown once serving as a real-life armory Theater 975-8150). Another Ibsen play, this time spark- lin Montanye Parrish’s A Twist of Water, whose (opens March 29, 312-595-5600). ing memories of how far we have come, is Infa- premise brings together a gay father, his adopt- Our own country is not without its problems, Preview mous Commonwealth’s A Doll’s House, updated ed African-American daughter and an idealistic too: At the Goodman, Regina Taylor’s expand- to 1962 America—the year just before Betty teacher (opens Feb. 17 at Theater Wit, 773-975- ed Trinity River Plays traces the progress of a Frieden’s Feminine Mystique re-inspired wom- 8150). 16 Jan. 12, 2011 WINDY CITY TIMES month of February. Something to —RAIN: A Tribute to The Beatles, Ford Cen- ter for the Performing Arts Oriental Theatre, Feb. 8-13. This highly polished impersonation con- sing about: cert returns to Chicago again as a Broadway in- carnation also plays in New York. No doubt that Musicals and RAIN. Beatles fans will want to sing along with all the Photo by songs as they watch The Beatles in two different opera preview Cylla von guises as they were seen initially on the Ed Sul- BY SCOTT C. MORGAN Tiedeman livan Show and in their psychedelic St. Pepper There’s plenty of choices for any musical the- phase. ater fan or opera buff to choose from this winter —Hair, Ford Center for the Performing Arts season in and around Chicago. Oriental Theatre, March 8-20. This 1968 musi- cal is the quintessential show that captured the Harmonizing locally anti-war hippie spirit of the late 1960s. Hair Some of the biggest hits of the past decade are returns to Chicago via a tour of the 2009 Tony featured at Drury Lane Oakbrook Terrace, while Award-winning musical revival directed by Di- the Marriott Theatre in Lincolnshire produces ane Paulus (who has provided many memorable classic musicals of a slightly older vintage. Also stagings for Chicago Opera Theater through the in the mix for locally produced musicals are new Halsted’s Hoover-Leppen Theatre, Feb. 11-23. and truth in the media comes from songwriters years). Get ready to “Let the Sunshine In” in and revamped works in more intimate spaces. The creative team behind the viral hit A Very Andrew Gerle and Eddie Sugarman. this age of “Aquarius” and gawk at all the naked —Spamalot, Drury Lane Theatre in Oakbrook Potter Musical have picked Chicago to be the —Aida, Drury Lane Theatre in Oakbrook Ter- bodies at the end of Act I. Terrace, ongoing through March 6. This 2005 launching ground for their fourth musical, which race, March 1-May 29. The revitalized Bailiwick musical “lovingly ripped off from the motion features puppets by Russ Walko of Swazzle and Chicago just staged a critically acclaimed pro- Operatic matters picture Monty Python and the Holy Grail” makes original music and lyrics by Darren Criss of Glee duction of Elton John and Tim Rice’s 2000 pop- Opera may have a snooty reputation compared a return to town in a splashy local staging (see fame. musical take on Verdi’s classic grand opera in the to good ol’ American musicals. But when ev- review in this issue). —Working, Broadway Playhouse at Water summer of 2009. But expect Drury Lane to pull erything fires on all cylinders dramatically and —Escape from the Haltsburg Boys Choir, Tower Place, Feb. 15-May 8. Broadway in Chica- out the stops when it tackles this love triangle musically, opera can also stake a claim to being The Ruckus Theater at The Side Project, ongo- go gets in the producing game with a revamped involving a haughty Egyptian princess, her en- great musical theater. ing through Jan. 30. Aaron Dean and Jason Rico version of this regionally popular 1978 Broad- slaved Nubian servant girl and an Egyptian war- —Girl of the Golden West, Lyric Opera of Chi- write a world-premiere musical about choristers way revue based upon the book by late Chicago rior. Broadway veteran Jim Corti directs. cago, nine performances between Jan. 22-Feb. who make a break for it when they discover their chronicler Studs Terkel. This new Working fea- —42nd Street, Marriott Theatre in Lincoln- 21. This is the centennial season for Puccini’s choirmaster has castration designs on them to tures additional material by In the Heights Tony shire, March 30-May 29. Come and meet those 1910 opera set in California during the Gold preserve their heavenly boy soprano voices. (See Award-winner Lin-Manuel Miranda in addition to dancin’ feet on the avenue that the Marriott Rush, so it’s only natural that opera companies the review in this issue.) many beloved older songs by songwriters like Theatre is taking you to. Expect plenty of heav- like the Lyric would use the anniversary timing —Guys and Dolls, Marriott Theatre in Lin- Mary Rodgers, Susan Birkenhead, Craig Carnelia enly tap dancing in this revival of the 1980 to cash in. Officially known in Italian as La Fan- colnshire, Jan. 26-March 27. Frank Loesser’s and Stephen Schwartz (a certain someone famed Broadway hit that took its inspiration from the ciulla del West, the opera tells the fairly improb- classic 1950 Broadway musical returns to make for his work on shows like Godspell, Pippin and classic 1930s dance sequences by choreographer able tale of a virginal saloon owner who falls the rounds in the Marriott Theatre’s famed “in- Wicked). Busby Berkeley. head over heels for a bandit who goes under the the-round” space. Start placing your bets on the —Meet John Doe, Porchlight Music Theatre doubly phallic alias of Dick Johnson. The Lyric Manhattan gamblers, the religious missionar- at Stage 773, March 3-April 17. Find out what On tour dusts off Tony Award winner Harold Prince’s ac- ies or the nightclub showgirls who each have a happens when a desperate newspaper columnist Returning favorites seem to be the order of claimed production (not seen locally since 1990) stake in the game of love. fabricates a letter to the editor which strikes the day for Broadway in Chicago this winter, with the Minnie of the moment, Chicago-area —Starship, Team StarKid at the Center on a nationwide chord. This musical about ideals though there are a few new flourishes to be seen native Deborah Voigt, who recently triumphed in the splashy touring companies wending their in the role in San Francisco and at the Metro- way through the Windy City. Visit http://www. politan Opera in New York. As Dick, we have broadwayinchicago.com for more information. Italian tenor Marcello Giordani. Sir Andrew Davis —Wicked, Cadillac Palace Theatre, ongoing conducts. THE PERFECT MUSICAL FOR through Jan. 23. Time is running out on the —Lohengrin, Lyric Opera of Chicago, seven Dragon Clock to catch this return touring en- performances between Feb. 11-March 8. It’s gagement of this ever-so “popular” revisionist been more than 30 years since the Lyric last EVERYONE WHO HAS EVER take on the American classic fairytale of The staged Wagner’s Germanic fairytale involving a Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Any musical theater fans mythical knight who arrives via swan to rescue who miss Wicked this time around (after some- Elsa from wrongful accusations of murdering her how missing it during its previous three-and-a- brother. Too bad it all goes horribly wrong when WORKED A DAY IN THEIR LIVES. half-year Chicago engagement), then there re- a witch goads Elsa into asking the knight’s for- ally is something wrong with you. bidden name. Lohengrin is presented in a pro- —9 to 5: The Musical, Bank of America The- duction owned by London’s Royal Opera House atre, Jan. 18-31. True, this 2009 screen-to-stage Covent Garden. Sir Andrew Davis conducts. adaptation of the hit 1980 film about secretar- —Hercules, Lyric Opera of Chicago, seven ies plotting against their male chauvinist boss performances between March 4-21. Handel’s op- didn’t last too long on Broadway. But composer/ era in English is bound to make a very controver- lyricist Dolly Parton has reportedly done some sial Lyric debut since politically minded director tweaks for this new touring version which fea- Peter Sellars is probably going to update the tures two-time Tony Award nominee Dee Hoty mythological setting to modern-day America. (in the Lily Tomlin role) and American Idol final- This new production features Eric Owens as Her- ist Diana DeGarmo (in the Parton role). cules, Alice Coote as his jealous wife Dejanira —Burn the Floor, Bank of America Theatre, and countertenor David Daniels as the servant Feb. 1-13. This overly athletic Australian tour- Lichas. Baroque music specialist Harry Bicket ing ballroom dance show has previously played conducts. NEWLY ADAPTED BY around Chicago’s suburbs, typically in one-night —Carmen, Lyric Opera of Chicago, five perfor- stints. But now Burn the Floor gets a two-week mances between March 12-27. The fiery gypsy STEPHEN SCHWARTZ (Composer of WICKED) foothold directly in the Loop after the show returns, this time with Nadia Krasteva in the boosted its reputation by playing on Broadway title role and tenor Brandon Jovanovich as her and NINA FASO in 2009. See if the show truly lives up to its obsessive lover, Don Jose. A genuinely funny and touching Broadway musical featuring tagline of “Ballroom Reinvented.” —Death and the Powers: A Robot Opera, —Les Miserables, Cadillac Palace Theatre, Chicago Opera Theater at Millennium Park Harris Chicago stars E. Faye Butler, Barbara Robertson and Gene Weygandt. Feb. 2-27. You may think you know this classic Theatre for Music and Dance, four performances British and French epic musical dealing with a between April 2-10. A new opera by composer Paris student uprising in the late 1840s, thanks Tod Machover actually features a chorus of ro- This is a WORKING man’s A CHORUS LINE. in part to its many stops in directors Trevor Nunn bots and a musical chandelier to tell the story of and John Caird’s iconic 1986 turntable staging. an eccentric patriarch who tries to cheat death Well now “Les Miz” is back again touring in a via technology. Developed in part at the MIT new 25th anniversary staging by London direc- Media Lab in creative partnership with Chicago NOW ON SALE BEGINS FEB. 15–MAY 8 tor Laurence Connor which uses digital projec- Opera Theater and Harvard’s American Repertory 800.775.2000 tions instead of the show’s trademark turntable. Theatre, Death and the Powers also marks the See if this approach works for you when Les Mis- company return of director Diane Paulus. erables marches into the Windy City during the WINDY CITY TIMES Jan. 12, 2011 17 Sayago Alonso. The evening also features artis- tic director Gustavo Ramírez Sansano’s critically Winter acclaimed piece, Flabbergast. Luna Negra Dance Theater will perform at The Harris Theater for dance Music and Dance, 205 E. Randolph, 8 p.m. March 12; tickets ($25-$55) or more information are preview available at http://www.harristheaterchicago. org or 312-334-7777. By Alicia Wilson Hubbard Street Dance Company’s spring se- ries unites the company with Batsheva Dance The next few months of winter may not be what Company in an evening featuring work from most people look forward to, but in the Chicago Israeli choreographers from Batsheva, Artistic dance world this is some of the best times of the Director Ohad Naharin and Resident Choreogra- season. With performances (sometimes overlap- pher Sharon Eyal. Hubbard Street will perform ping ones) happening every weekend, there is so at The Harris Theater for Music and Dance, 205 much dance to see in Chicago. Check out some E. Randolph, 7:30 p.m. on March 17; 8 p.m. on of the highlights of the winter dance season, March 18-19; and 3 p.m. on March 20; tickets featuring collaborations in theater, puppetry, ($25-$94) or more information are available sound and visual stimuli. This is the time of year at http://www.harristheaterchicago.org or to see some great dance! 312-334-7777. Collision Theory is a serious of improvised performances that pairs musicians and dancers. The twist is that the performers meet for the first time at the show, navigating what isde- The Dance COLEctive. Photo by William Frederking scribed on the Links Hall site as “an unpredict- able landscape of spontaneous collaboration.” able at http://www.harristheaterchicago.org or ets ($45-$95) or more information are available This particular episode of Collision Theory will 312-334-7777. at http://www.harristheaterchicago.org or 312- feature the sounds of Male, an abstract ambi- The Joe Goode Performance Group returns 334-7777. ent trio featuring Benjamin Mjolsness, Jonathan to Chicago with works that mix dance, theater, Same Planet Different World Dance Theater Krohn and Todd Matteithat. This group, creating music and spoken word. On the program for its will showcase three works at The Dance Center dark, effects-laden soundscapes, collaborates February concert is Wonderboy, a collaboration this March: Joanna Rosenthal’s Grey Noise, in- with many improvisers in Chicago’s jazz and with master puppeteer Basil Twist that tells the spired by film noir; Minnesota choreographer creative music scene, and exists as an open- tale of a strange superhero and his gift of super- and Black Label Movement Artistic Director ended ensemble. Paired with this trio is dancer sensitivity. Also being shown is 29 Effeminate Carl Flink’s new work, HIT; and Shapiro & Smith Adam Rose, artistic director of Antibody Dance, Gestures, a solo providing an insightful explora- Dances’ To Have and To Hold. Same Planet Differ- which specializes in movement arts and occult tion into the paradox of gender language. Joe ent World Dance Theater will be presented at The research. Dan Mohr and Links Hall present Col- Goode Performance Group will be presented at Dance Center of Columbia College, 1306 S. Mich- lision Theory: Male vs. Adam Rose at Links Hall, The Dance Center of Columbia College, 1306 S. igan, 8 p.m., March 10-12; tickets ($26-$30) or 3435 N. Sheffield, Suite 207, 7:30 p.m., Jan. 17; Michigan, 8 p.m. Feb. 3-5; tickets ($26-$30) or more information are available at http://www. tickets ($12, $10 students/ seniors) and more more information are available at http://www. colum.edu/dancecenter or 312-369-8330. information are available at http://www.link- colum.edu/dancecenter or 312-369-8330. Luna Negra Dance Theater’s spring program shall.org or 773-281-0824. River North Chicago Dance Company, in its features the North American premieres of works River North Dance Company. Photo by Cheryl Celebrating 15 years this season, The Dance 21st season, presents its annual Valentine’s by up-and-coming Latino choreographers Fer- Mann COLEctive will present three world premiers at weekend engagement. The program includes the nando Hernando Magadan and Luis Eduardo their annual winter concert. Artistic Director world-premiere suite of tangos by Argentinean Margi Cole collaborates for a second time with dancers and choreographers Sabrina and Ruben choreographer Jeff Hancock in a duet. Liz Bur- Veliz, as well as Artistic Director Frank Chaves’ rit’s piece, I, looks at five women falling into and Duets, a compilation of his most celebrated and out of themselves, weighing in on failure and sensual duets, The Mourning, Fixe and At Last. being failed. Cole’s group work, Pull Taut, comes The engagement is at The Harris Theater for Mu- from Malcolm Gladwell’s (Blink) ideas about sic and Dance, 205 E. Randolph, 8 p.m. on Feb “the power of thinking without really thinking.” 11-12, and 3 p.m. on Feb 13; tickets ($30-$65) Also included in the program is Menz Dance of or more information are available at http:// New Trier High School in Winnetka, performing www.harristheaterchicago.org or 312-334-7777. a piece entitled Maelstrom, choreographed by The Seldoms present Stupormarket, a new Cole, that a press release says is “an exploration dance-theater work choreographed and directed of the balance between chaos and organization.” by Artistic Director Carrie Hanson about the eco- The Dance COLEctive will present Balancing Act nomic blowout and the ongoing recovery. This WINNER! BEST MUSICAL REVIVAL 2009 TONY AWARD! at The Ruth Page Center for the Arts, 1016 N. culmination of a three-year long project about Dearborn, 8 p.m. Jan. 20-22; tickets ($22, $18 the economy, expands upon two previous short students/seniors) or more information are avail- works—Thrift (2009) and Death of a (Prada) able at http://www.dancecolective.com or 773- Salesman (2009). The pieces also features sound 604-8452. design by Richard Woodbury and lighting de- In a rare appearance in Chicago, Pilobolus sign by Julie Ballard. The Seldoms will present Dance Theatre comes to The Harris Theater Stupormarket at Stage 773, 1225 W. Belmont, 8 for Music and Dance. Celebrating 40 years of p.m. on Feb. 17-19, and 3 p.m. on Feb. 20; tick- acrobats, athletics and superhuman flexibility, ets ($18) or more information are available at Pilobolus creates dances that are visually stun- http://www.theseldoms.org or 773-327-5252. ning and challenge the limits of the human Showcasing his new work that explores the body. The program for its limited engagement at complexities of identity, love and parentage the Harris features a selection of the company’s in non-traditional families, Robert Moses’ Kin works from throughout the past four decades, comes to Chicago. Entitled The Cinderella Prin- such as The Transformation (2009), a collabo- ciple: Try these on, see if they fit, the piece ART BY AMY GUIP ration with Steven Banks, the head writer of originated from in-depth interviews with fami- SpongeBob SquarePants. Other works in the pro- lies throughout the San Francisco Bay area. Col- gram include one of Pilobolus’ very first works, laborations for the piece include award-winning “ Walklyndon (1971), a silent dance with roots in playwright Anne Galjour, violinist/composer THRILLING, INTENSE, physical humor, slapstick and vaudeville; and a Todd Reynolds and DJ/beat-boxer Kid Beyond. ” Pilobolus classic for a quartet of men, Gnomen Robert Moses’ Kin will be presented at The Dance . (1997). This company has revolutionized the UNADULTERATED JOY Center of Columbia College, 1306 S. Michigan, – THE NEW YORK TIMES dance world by incorporating elements of acro- 8 p.m. Feb. 24-26; tickets ($26-$30) or more batics, gymnastics, wit and intense physicality, information are available at http://www.colum. and has been featured in The Academy Awards edu/dancecenter or 312-369-8330. MARCH 8–20 and Oprah Winfrey show among numerous other The Chicago premiere of three of Mark Morris 800-775-2000• international stages. Pilobolus Dance Theatre Dance Group’s newest works, The Muir, Petrichor, will perform at The Harris Theater for Music and and Socrates, will take place at The Harris The- Dance, 205 E. Randolph, 7:30 p.m., Jan 28-29; ater for Music and Dance, 205 E. Randolph, 7:30 TICKETS AVAILABLE AT ALL BROADWAY IN CHICAGO BOX OFFICES AND TICKETMASTER RETAIL LOCATIONS tickets ($25-$55) or more information are avail- p.m. on Feb. 25-26, and 3 p.m. on Feb 27; tick- GROUPS 15+: 312-977-1710 • HAIRONTOUR.COM • FACEBOOK.COM/HAIRBROADWAY 18 Jan. 12, 2011 WINDY CITY TIMES A queer CRITICS’ PICKS Aftermath, Signal Ensemble, through Jan 23. As much as we wish they could, Aaron year in Snook, Nick Vidal and their fellow actors can’t portray the Rolling Stones in Ronan Marra’s elegy for Brian Jones forever—so theater you’ve got only two more weekends to see By JONATHAN ABARBANEL this star-making premiere. MSB Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Raven Theatre, Gay playwright Robert Patrick once wrote, “A gay extended through Jan. 15. It may be cold play? Is that a play that sleeps with another outside, but Raven Theatre certainly knows play of the same sex?” Well, no. And it doesn’t how to dramatically heat things up in Ten- matter if the playwright sleeps with other play- nessee Williams’ classic 1950s Southern wrights of the same sex. To qualify for our LGBT drama involving family property spats, theater roster, a play must have a theme or story plenty of alcohol abuse and an unrequited that speaks to LGBT issues. So doing The Women homoerotic love affair. SCM in drag, dearies, doesn’t make it a gay play. Ac- Cats, Theo Ubique at No Exit Cafe, extend- tually, the LGBT theater quotient for the winter ed through Feb. 20. Oooh, I taw a puddy months is rather slim, so we’re gonna’ stretch tat—the furry felines dancing on little cat our rule-of-thumb just about as far as one can feet all but curl up in our laps, but where stretch a thumb, and also look ahead as far as Broadway cast of Hair. Photo by Joan Marcus else in this tiny room can playgoers see April. every whisker-twitch and hear every frag- Spamalot, Drury Lane Theatre Oakbrook Ter- ile meow of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s popular race, through March 6: This is the very first in- there were no women actors and pre-adolescent this play not because it’s by gay playwright Ed- musical score? MSB dependent regional production of the fabulously boys played the female roles). And then the ward Albee (at least two other Albee plays are The Pirates of Penzance, The Hypocrites successful Monty Python musical. That is, it’s manly young hero falls for the girl in disguise- running locally at the same time), but because at Chopin Theatre, through Jan. 30. Direc- not the national tour of the Broadway show. as-a-boy and everyone gets to guess at the it’s his most autobiographical play and includes tor Sean Graney and his musically versatile It’s LGBT, you’ll remember, because Sir Lancelot Freudian implications. a fictionalized version of his coming-out to his cast get up to plenty of theatrical mischief ends up saving a prince in distress wearing a The Beats, 16th Street Theatre (Berwyn), mother when he was in late adolescence. It also in this rollicking beach party-concept ap- girl’s dress, then Lance strips down to chain mail through Feb. 5: Marilyn Campbell has adapted happens to be a fine and often-funny play. The proach to Gilbert and Sullivan’s 1879 comic and leather and everyone does a disco number. 1950s and 1960s writings of The Beat authors three women of the title all are his adoptive operetta. SCM I think it’s tasteless but Monty Python didn’t and assembled them into a play. Several of them mother, seen at three different ages (as is her —By Abarbanel, Barnidge build its reputation on taste. Other than that, were gay, notably Allen Ginsburg, and others son, the Albee figure). and Morgan Spamalot is a funny show. just teased them along (notably Neal Cassidy). Sketchfest 2011, Stage 773 (former Theatre As You Like It, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, This version also includes Diane Di Prima and Building), through Jan. 16: The 10th annual through March 6: Not really gay but Shakespeare LeRoi Jones (long since Amiri Baraka), the latter edition of the world’s largest festival of sketch up to his old genderfuck trick, with two young an unexpected inclusion. comedy is decidedly swishy this year with ap- And, yes, there’s a gay character although it’s women in the cast disguising themselves as Three Tall Women, Court Theatre, preview pearances by several LGBT artists and comedy rather softly-touched-upon. Perhaps it will be young men (because, remember, in Shake’s day Jan. 13 and runs Jan. 22-Feb. 13: We include troupes, among them Chicago’s very own GayCo less softly so in this new staging. Productions, Jan. 15. But also: The Puterbaugh Dirty Blonde, BoHo Theatre at Theater Wit, Sisters (Jan. 13), Cell Camp (also Jan. 13) and April 1-May 1: Another post-Broadway tour Chi- Over Served: Putting the Rant in Restaurant cago debut production, Claudia Shear’s biogra- CULTURE CLUB (Jan. 16), this summer’s hit musical revue by phy of camp icon Mae West is told with music Vampeero Productions. and three actors playing 24 characters. One of Mary, Goodman Theatre, previews from Feb. 5, them not only is obsessed with Mae West, but NOW ON SALE! WORLD PREMIERE runs Feb. 14-March 6: This world premiere by obviously gay and into donning Mae West drag Thomas Bradshaw IS an honest-to-goodness, (as does the female lead as well). We should re- Do The heavens-to-Betsy GAY play, the result of a com- member that before she became camp, Mae West mission from the Goodman. It’s set in 1983, was an outspoken advocate for sexual freedom at the very dawning of the Age of AIDS, and (and sexual expression) for women, and against Hustle concerns a college student who invites his boy- censorship. Like her contemporary, Sophie Tuck- BY BRETT NEVEU friend home to his parents’ house in Virginia er, she acquired more than a little of her persona DIRECTED BY WILLIAM BROWN where nothing has changed since the 1800s — and musical style from Black culture. Performances start January 25, 2011 at 325 Tudor Court, Glencoe including the slave quarters. It’s additionally no- Pony, About Face Theatre at the Chopin The- table because Bradshaw is an African-American atre, April 10-May 29: This one should be in- A FATHER AND SON TEAM OF CONMEN teresting, leaping off from the classic story of ARE LOOKING FOR THEIR NEXT MARK. playwright. FYI, it’s described as an absurdist ARE YOU READY TO GET HUSTLED? comedy. Naturally, it’s playing at the Goodman Woyzzeck with a cast of three female characters during Black History Month. and one FTM trans-gendered character. An ex- TICKETS START AT JUST $45—ORDER TODAY! Hair, Ford Center/Oriental Theatre, March ploration of the theme of obsessive love (hence, 8-20: A new production of the legendary anti- the Woyzzeck connection), it’s written by Sylvan WRITERSTHEATRE.ORG war, anti-racist, pro-drug, pro-love-and-sex (formerly Sally) Oswald. About Face Artistic Di- musical that brought rock ‘n’ roll to Broadway rector Bonnie Metzgar will direct. WRITERS’ (well, soft rock) along with incense and nudity. 847- 242 - 6000 THEATRE Travels With NOW PLAYING! My Aunt SPOTLIGHT

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“SOPHISTICATED AND WRY… Playwright Jeanne Sakata is doing her part to make LIGHT AND FANCIFUL.” sure that the struggles of Japanese-American Gordon Hi- – CHICAGO TRIBUNE rabayashi are not forgotten. In her one-man play Dawn’s Light: The Journey of Gordon Hirabayshi, Sakata focuses “VIVID, SUPREMELY WELL-ACTED…DELIGHTFUL.” on Hirabayashi’s court battles on behalf of Japanese-Amer- “HIGHLY RECOMMENDED” – CHICAGO SUN-TIMES ican citizens who were held in interment camps (without proper due process) during World War II. Silk Road Theatre Project presents this critically acclaimed production with Corporate SELLING OUT Production its original star, Ryan Yu. Dawn’s Light plays for only three WRITERSTHEATRE.ORG Sponsor performances at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 13-15, at the Pritzker Pa- FAST! vilion in Millennium Park near 205 E. Randolph. Tickets are ORDER TODAY! WRITERS’ 847-242-6000 THEATRE $10; call 312-742-8497 or visit http://www.srtp.org. Photo of Ryan Yu as Gordon Hirabayashi by Michael Lamont. WINDY CITY TIMES Jan. 12, 2011 19 MUSICAL REVIEW THEATER REVIEW Instead of moving the genre of musical the- Escape from ater forward, Spamalot is content to backslide Spamalot reheating old comedy bits mixed with musical the Haltsburg Playwrights: Eric Idle and John Du Prez spoofs (targets include Fiddler on the Roof and At: Drury Lane Theatre, Phantom of the Opera). Ultimately, Spamalot is Boys Choir 10 Drury Lane, Oakbrook Terrace a meta musical that is woefully lacking in bold Playwrights: Aaron Dean and Jason Rico Phone: 630-530-0111; $31-$45 new ideas. At: The Ruckus Theater at Runs through: March 6 But it’s hard to argue with success, especially The Side Project, 1439 W. Jarvis since Spamalot achieves its goal of inducing Phone: 773-769-7257; $15 BY SCOTT C. MORGAN audiences to nonstop laughter (even for people Runs through: Jan. 30 who can’t recite Python routines by heart). On one hand, Drury Lane Theatre deserves Drury Lane’s comic chameleon cast for Spa- BY SCOTT C. MORGAN nothing but critical hosannas for its regional malot is consistently strong and adept at their premiere of the 2005 Broadway hit musical shape-shifting duties. John Sanders gets plen- The Ruckus Theatre proudly displays a photo- Spamalot. Director William Osetek constantly ty of mileage out of his snooty French Taunter copied cease-and-desist letter in The Side Proj- wows with his Spamalot staging that whips up and his sexuality-shifting Sir Lancelot (thanks ect’s lobby for the world-premiere musical Es- the audience into gales of laughter. in large part to Jackson Evans garishly girly cape from the Haltsburg Boys Choir. Apparently On the other hand, Osetek could have shown take on Prince Herbert). the New York lawyers for the Vienna Boys Choir more originality by not hewing so closely to Sean Allan Krill gets his Sean Connery ac- were none too pleased about Ruckus’ original director Mike Nichols’ original Spamalot direc- cent just right for Prince Herbert’s Father, show title, which bore the Austrian city moniker tion. Sure, Osetek and set/projection designer while Adam Pelty is amusing as the cowardly instead of the fictional Haltsburg. Christopher Ash provide a few new flourishes, Sir Robin. Bradley Mott gets the squawking I don’t blame the Vienna Boys Choir for being but so much of Drury Lane Theatre’s Spamalot Python drag persona down pat as Dennis Gala- protective of its name. After seeing Escape…, I seems to ape the original production—even had’s Mother, while Gina Milo makes for plenty too would not want to be associated with this going so far to rent designer Tim Hatley’s origi- of mirth via her overwrought vocal melismas as dramatically muddled and historically dubious nal loopy costumes. the Lady of the Lake. musical. Though some might feel that Drury Lane The only weak link is David Kortemeier’s It’s very admirable that the young Ruckus The- passed up its chance to create a distinctly straight-man King Arthur, who would have atre would attempt to stage a musical—and a new approach to Spamalot, others will proudly been more effective on opening night if he brand-new one at that. But Aaron Dean (book/ boast at how everything in this local produc- didn’t break character by getting the giggles. co-lyricist) and Jason Rico (co-lyricist/music) tion is so amazingly Broadway-caliber. But Kortemeier is supported by the touching really need to take a remedial dramatics course These mixed feelings also spill over into my lackey of Matthew Crowle’s Patsy, who provides since the storytelling structure of Escape… is views about the show itself. Though authors the one genuine touch of friendship in this such a shambles. Eric Idle and John Du Prez are upfront about joke-filled show. Escape… tells the tale of four boy choristers Spamalot being a “musical lovingly ripped off All in all, Drury Lane has scored a palpable (played by young women in the spirit of trouser from the motion picture Monty Python and the hit with Spamalot. It may not be fresh or inno- roles in opera) who set to out escape from their Holy Grail,” it still annoys me about how much vative but, boy, can Spamalot make you laugh abusive school—especially when they uncover pre-existing Python material gets regurgitated yourself silly. that their egomaniacal Choirmaster plans to onstage. have the boys castrated to forever preserve their Escape from the Haltsburg Boys Choir. Image boy soprano voices. Out in the forest, the boys by Lucas Gerard Photography encounter mythical creatures like a witch and a crab-like gnome as they try to outpace their as more fey and bumbling instead of maniacal. pursuers. And Kate Black does her best to show off the The problem with Dean and Rico’s approach is plucky side of the boyish leader Johanne, even Spamalot. that the meandering structure of flashbacks ulti- if her singing voice didn’t sound as golden on Photo by mately saps any dramatic buildup in show. Char- opening night as all the characters claimed it to Brett acters that get killed often reappear in flashback be. Beiner for no major storytelling purpose other than to Despite the dramatic flaws of Escape…, there’s show another side of their character (particularly good work being done by offstage musicians in the case of Megan Gotz as the bully Victors). Charles Worth and Katie Canavan, plus the ac- I don’t know why director Daniel Caffrey didn’t tress Sarah Bockel as the dream girl Elsa that rein in the authors of Escape… who felt that Johanne pines after. this flashback structure was necessary for what Though Escape… is dramatically flawed, it is essentially a linear narrative. And for a musi- could be salvageable with major editing and re- cal, there aren’t that many songs in the show. structuring. So applaud the ambition of Ruckus The actors do their best with the poor material Theatre, even if this version of Escape… should they have. So I guess it’s not really Jeffrey Fau- have ceased and desisted before it got to a fully ver’s fault if his villainous Choirmaster comes off staged production.

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BY STEVEN CHAITMAN

One of the seminal works of postmodern theatre, Heiner Müller’s Hamletmachine has never been performed the same way twice. A robust nine Alfreda Burke. pages (approximately) in length, the play—as with the postmodernist spirit—remains open to interpretation. It welcomes all forms of trans- ‘Too Hot to Handel’ sensory vehicles for delivering the poetic avant- garde text (and filling in the vacant minutes). at Auditorium Trap Door Theatre’s production, under the eye of Jan. 15-16 Max Truax, reinterprets the play as an opera to “Too Hot to Handel: The Jazz-Gospel Mes- help unlock its mysteries for the audience. siah” returns to Chicago’s National Historic Written in 1977 in the time of divided Germa- Hamletmachine. Photo by Michal Janicki Landmark Auditorium Theatre, 50 E. Congress, ny, Hamletmachine deconstructs some of Shake- for a special tribute to the legacy of the Rev. speare’s characters, chiefly Hamlet and Ophelia, identified key lines of dialogue they wish to res- provided in Truax’s staging, but ironically, the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. There will be two with particular attention to the socio-political onate with the audience and the music offers a production’s lone non-company member, Rich public performances—on Saturday, Jan. 15, tones of Shakespeare’s revered tragedy, those logical and pleasant means of repetition. Logan (one of the Hamlets), is the only one who at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, Jan. 16, at 3 p.m. along the lines of “there’s something rotten in Unfortunately, the music drowns out bits of manages to do it consistently. Having collabo- Tenor Rodrick Dixon and Soprano Alfreda Denmark.” In this case, the six-actor ensemble dialogue (or lyrics, I suppose) as the Trap Door rated twice before with Truax on similar works, Burke will reprise their critically hailed per- sings “there’s something rotten in this age of Theatre space, though intimate, doesn’t provide he understands the very stream-of-emotions formances for the sixth consecutive year, and hope.” Although the Marxist and other then- ideal acoustics. In a play of so few words, you rhythm of this interpretation and maintains the they will once again be joined by alto Karen topical undertones that drove many of Müller’s can ill afford to lose any. most open line of communication to the audi- Marie Richardson, who last year replaced original words have little bearing on Trap Door’s Music also has the tendency to cause languor ence in a play that’s scarcely frank or direct. countertenor Victor Trent Cook. production, the characters’ internal struggles among an audience, which causes the audience Woven into a manageable 70 minutes, Trap Tickets are $30-$69, and are available on- against external forces remain of prime relevan- to react more emotionally than cerebrally in- Door’s Hamletmachine puts its heart in a good line at http://www.ticketmaster.com/audito- cy. terpret the text. It can also cause someone to place, with the characters and their struggles rium, by phone at 800-982-2787 or at the box Trap Door’s operatic interpretation supplies unintentionally “blackout” miss portions of the on stage rather than the broad range of themes office. the company with a full list of advantages and material as a result of being too busy absorbing Müller leaves the interpreter to choose from. Exelon is the presenting sponsor, with ad- hindrances. As music has so effectively done in all the ambiance. Although the operatic style makes the content ditional partners and sponsors including JP theatre for centuries, the score evokes the inner Part of the impetus for keeping the audience slightly more accessible, this Hamletmachine is Morgan Chase Foundation; Arrow Voyages, torment of these characters in a way unaccom- out of a stupor does belong with the actors who not the immersive or mindset-altering experi- LLC; Friends of Too Hot to Handel; N’Digo and panied dialogue can’t. Composer Jonathan Guil- must command attention with the poetic lan- ence that postmodern theatre requires in order Chicago Jazz Magazine. len brings out the best in this production. His guage and in this case, music. Passing the lead to succeed with a wider audience. music creates all the moods and consequently on to one another, each of the six players has the play’s strong points. Truax and the cast have moments of effectively controlling the stage as Goaded by her pals, Renee decides to open up but apparently has no avenues for meeting Tearing men (what? the poetry slam is women only?). Down the Instead, Renee selects a slick, handsome El- FEATURING 12 Walls. stop pick-up artist (David Goodloe) to deflower NEW SONGS Pic by her. OK: you just KNOW it’s gonna’ go bad for FROM GRAMMY Kenneth Renee and she’ll end up reciting her poetry. WINNER Simmons One night of unprotected sex later (“I got DOLLY PARTON! caught up in the moment” being the only ex- planation offered) Renee is pregnant and HIV- positive. She’s bummed out (duh!) but her doctor turns preacher and re-ignites Renee’s “HILARIOUS!” faith. Renee prays, and finds equanimity in an –The New York Post THEATER REVIEW unexplained and silent epiphany. Meanwhile, her sincere but bumbling boss, Dennis, cares Tearing Down about her while saving Bronzeville from gen- trification. the Walls Now listen up: You can have a play about a Playwright: Daniel Beaty 30-year-old virgin and her gal pals, you can At: eta Creative Arts Foundation,

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Program notes explain that energetic and ingratiating cast pumping blood Tearing Down the Walls originally was a screen- into a predictable and improbable play that play, which seems odd because everything is really could be any one of four plays. Author told to us and nothing is shown to us. Next Daniel Beaty sketches his characters with play, Mr. Beaty, narrow your issues and ideas quick and colorful but shallow strokes offer- and deepen your characters. ing familiar types: three best-bud gal pals (one The wonder is that Shanel Taylor (Renee), sexy, one ballsy and one wallflower), a pick-up Pearl Ramsey (Jessica), Pamela Sawyer (Rhon- artist guy, a sincere guy and a few miscella- da) and Shadow Carr (Dennis), along with Jack- neous characters (all portrayed by the versatile son and Goodloe, manage to convey sincerity L’Oreal Jackson). Beaty’s characters are nearly through all this, and hit the mark in all the as bare-bones as the staging, a completely comic moments which leaven this mostly-se- empty stage (not even a chair) with a brick rious work. While I think the empty stage is a wall backdrop. big mistake by co-directors Anthony P. Brooks JANUARY 18–30 Renee is an intelligent, 30-year-old virgin and Kemati J. Porter, they obviously deserve who hangs with gal pals Jessica and Rhonda, 800.775.2000s credit for guiding the cast into spirited perfor- attending Jessica’s weekly poetry slam for Tickets available at all Broadway In Chicago Box Offices mances. >˜`Ê/ˆVŽi̓>ÃÌiÀÊÀiÌ>ˆÊœV>̈œ˜ÃÊUÊGroups 15+: 312-977-1710 which Renee always writes but never performs. WINDY CITY TIMES Jan. 12, 2011 21 enchanting—is worth noting). The leading char- acter, an anonymous middle-aged man, is an ob- vious doppelganger for Tati himself. (Chomet has given him Mr. Hulot’s propensity for too-short KNIGHT trousers and bright socks, a humorous inside AT joke.) THE The illusionist—headquartered in Edinburgh, Scotland (a beautiful city gorgeously detailed MOVIES by Chomet and his animators)—roams from gig to gig, performing his sleight of hand, endur- ing his perpetually cranky rabbit who bites ev- eryone who comes too close and doing his best to ignore the entertainment sea change that is about to engulf him. (The encroachment of rock By Richard ‘n roll as live entertainment replacing latter day Knight, Jr. vaudeville in the late ‘50s is shown vividly with a Beatles-like band bringing down the house to squealing fans while the illusionist waits and waits and waits backstage in a new sequence The Illusionist; Chomet has added to the script.) Into his life comes Alice, a young girl from Another Year; a tiny Welsh village who is so inspired by his act that she sneaks her way into his life. Back Country Strong in Edinburgh, ensconced in the shabby though Gwyneth Paltrow in Country Strong. Photo by Scott Garfield elegant hotel favored by a slew of other variety Both the 2-D animated filmT he Illusionist, from entertainers, a pseudo father-daughter relation- Triplets of Belleville auteur Sylvain Chomet, and ship ensues. Slowly, Alice blossoms into a young ever—are front and center as the couple try to amalgamation of All About Eve, The Rose, A Star director Mike Leigh’s latest slice of British life, woman, alive to the powerful spell of experienc- do what they can for Mary; their equally drunk, Is Born and Nashville, not to mention all those Another Year, arrive in theatres this week. To ing city life for the first time. unhappy friend, Ken; and Mike’s widowed broth- country-singer biopics—keeps bucking Paltrow’s say that these two foreign imports are a welcome Although the characters speak from time to er, Ronnie, as the movie plays out. Not much character out of the picture like a mechanical respite from the usual hard edged American fare time in phrases we are meant to understand seems to happen in this kitchen-sink comedy of bull at a country western bar. Instead, Feste fa- is to understate their illusory power. Taken to- rather than hear (a lovely conceit), Chomet’s manners but, then, not much ever happens in vors subplots focusing on a hunky singer-song- gether, these two superb movies—delicate and movie is mainly told in visual terms, along with Leigh’s movies. Yet one leaves Another Year mar- writer, an innocent up and comer and a conniv- thoughtful in their approach—offer a convinc- pitch-perfect sound effects and a first-time, veling at his emotional insight and the deeply ing husband (played by country superstar Tim ing argument for a gentle, artistic approach to rather lilting score (one of the 2010’s best) that felt moments that seem to spring out of the ev- McGraw, who, jaw droppingly, does not sing a life itself. he composed. The score delightfully compli- eryday that Leigh has captured time and again. lick)—none of which have a fifth of the author- Chomet’s The Illusionist is an adaptation of ments the segments that link The Illusionist— ity and interest that Paltrow brings to the pro- a script left behind by French film icon Jacques an altogether convincing animated movie for Gwyneth Paltrow has her strongest part in years ceedings. In the process, Feste’s movie leaves Tati that he penned between 1956 and 1959. adults that is not meant to be anything more as the emotionally messed-up country superstar her frustrated audience in the dust as surely as Tati’s leading character, the nameless magician than the charming, bittersweet trifle that it is. Kelly Canter in writer-director Shana Feste’s it does Paltrow—an oversight that is more than of the title, is a much more sober man than his It’s not much of a stretch to imagine that The Country Strong. She’s given songs that show a mite shameful. iconic Mr. Hulot that had, by 1959, delighted Illusionist and the cinema of Tati would be adored off her vocal chops and dazzling stage presence, Check out my archived reviews at http:// audiences globally. So he shelved the project— by placid Tom and Gerri, the elderly, deeply con- monologues and scenes that are powerful and www.windycitytimes.com or http://www. perhaps finding it too close to his own life. De- tented married couple at the center of writer- a character that Paltrow rides for all its worth. knightatthemovies.com. Readers can leave cades after his death, Tati’s daughter mentioned director Mike Leigh’s Another Year. As played by But the movie—a convoluted, torch ‘n twang feedback at the latter website. the unproduced script to Chomet while he was the marvelously understated Jim Broadbent and making The Triplets of Belleville and further sug- Ruth Sheen, Tom and Gerri are a twosome whose gested that 2-D animation would be the right happiness and simple approach to life are easily “ELECTRIFYING” —Chicago Sun Times approach to the material. After reading the enviable. Their noisome, troubled friends—par- “ENGROSSING” script Chomet was entranced, and the resulting ticularly Mary (Lesley Manville), Gerri’s accident- —Variety film is a delicate mash-up between his sensibili- prone, wine-swilling co-worker who slowly falls ties and Tati’s. apart as the movie progresses, seasonally, over “DEVASTATING” As in Triplets, Chomet utilizes his preference the course of a year—are especially envious. Not —New York Times “FASCINATING” —Chicago Tribune for hand-drawn, 2-D animation very much in the much seems to rattle the couple but eventually angular, pen-inked, color-washed style of Dis- even their patience is tested by the increasingly “SEARING” ney’s 1961 classic 101 Dalmatians. (In light of inappropriate outbursts from their increasingly —Time Out Chicago the now-standard computer-animated movies, disturbed friend. “HARROWING” the 2-D process—imperfect, human and utterly Leigh’s tremendous observational skills—as “TRANSFIXING” —Chicago Sun Times —New York Times

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Corporate Foundation 2010/11 Season Additional Official Production Sponsor Production Sponsor Lighting Sponsor Corporate Support Hotel Partner The Illusionist. Image courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics 22 Jan. 12, 2011 WINDY CITY TIMES only African American or one of a few. Away from Me. I understand that title more as —Sheldon, 20, is a new father and an orga- ‘Woke Up Black’ I go on through life. nizer at a South Side community basedorganiza- WCT: Why did you decide to cover Doris tion that works with youth on issues of social to premiere Day for your album Normal as Blueberry justice. At the age of 17, he was incarcerated for Feb. 25 six months for committing a felony crime. He is Pie? The documentary Woke Up Black—which fo- currently working to expunge his record. NM: Well, she’s a fabulous gay icon. She’s an cuses on five Black youths, along with their Morten, an activist, filmmaker and consultant, enigma, also. I am not sure anyone can en- struggles and triumphs as they start their jour- started work on Woke Up Black after reading a tirely figure her out. She’s such a retro figure. ney into adulthood—will premiere Friday, Feb. report by Dr. Cathy Cohen for the Black Youth With regard to animal issues she is so ahead of 25, at the Gene Siskel Film Center, 164 N. State, Project. Cohen, a professor at the University of her time. at 8 p.m. Chicago, was the principal investigator of this WCT: You are a member of PETA and into The movie will be broadcast on WTTW, Chi- groundbreaking report. The report was a na- the treatment of animals. cago’s public television station, in late spring. tional research project launched in 2003 that NM: Yes, I am. Doris Day encouraged people The film places at its center the voices of Black examined the attitudes, resources, and culture to have empathy for animals before people had youth—their ideas, attitudes and opinions that of African-American youth exploring how these the idea to extend empathy to other people. many feel are often overlooked in today’s soci- factors and others influence their decision-mak- MUSIC WCT: The hot topic now is horse-drawn ety. ing, norms, and behavior. carriages and how [horses] are treated. For two years, producer/director Mary F. Morten “At the end of the day what we see on the Nellie McKay’s NM: This is a movement that has been going and associate producers Keisha Farmer-Smith, news are these 20-second sound bites, almost on since there have been horses and carriages. Aparna Sharma and Marisol Ybarra followed five without fail, always bad news and very much ‘Home’ cooking The ASPCA had one the most visible campaigns youths from the Chicago area to explore their ex- stereotypes of young folks being projected into BY JERRY NUNN since the pro animal movement. I remember periences when it comes to navigating the world the larger culture,” stated Morten. “We wanted going to protests when I was a little girl. I Singer Nellie McKay drives her fifth album Home am so glad it seems have gained traction and Sweet Mobile Home to Chicago this month. The perhaps funding. I hope by getting word out quirky songstress chirped about animals, Kathy that they will get rid of carriage horses in New Griffin and Harry Connick, Jr., Nunn on One. York and around the country. Windy City Times: Whoa, Nellie! How are WCT: You performed with Laurie Anderson, you? who I spoke with recently. Nellie McKay: Oh, good. NM: Oh, yes! She is fascinating. WCT: You are coming to Chicago… WCT: Your song on the David Byrne & Fat- NM: I can’t wait! boy Slim album “How Are You?” I love it! WCT: And two different performances at NM: Aw, thank you! Talk about an enigma. It two different venues. was a pleasure working with [Byrne]. NM: I didn’t even know that. That’s fabu- WCT: David worked with you on your new lous! album Home Sweet Mobile Home. How did WCT: Two different crowds, I would imag- you meet him? ine. NM: He is such a lovely man. I have no NM: Two very small crowds. idea. WCT: [Laughs] We will see. So tell me— WCT: He just reached out to you? who is Nellie McKay? NM: Yes. Perhaps it was my prison record. NM: I am like Kathy Griffin if she played WCT: [Laughs] You did The Threepenny Op- piano. era with Alan Cumming and Cyndi Lauper. WCT: Well, that will get the gays there and NM: Yes, and to do Brecht in any space, not your crowd will get bigger! You started as a only a Broadway house, was incredible. stand-up comedienne like Kathy, correct? WCT: You won an award, so you did well. NM: Yeah, I ended as a comedienne too, real NM: The Theatre World Award, that was love- quick. That business is not for the weak of ly. I got to address my arch nemesis Harry Con- Woke Up Black. mind. You ever do comedy? nick, Jr. who was in the audience. WCT: No. I think that would be tricky. WCT: What happened? NM: I know one thing that is hard to do on NM: He said I wouldn’t get a debut double they live in. As they move through their person- to tell real-life stories that are indeed hope- demand is to be funny. album and I did. So he was foiled again at the al challenges this documentary also mirrors the ful.” awards! We made a movie together called P.S. I complexities of this often-ignored group at the Starting with interviews with youth in Chicago, WCT: A lot of times when I talk to come- Love You and it was wonderful to upstage him center of many sociopolitical issues, including San Francisco and New Orleans in 2008, Morten diennes for interviews they are not funny. in that as well. discrimination, political participation, sex and brought the focus onto five Chicago youths. She Well, Kathy is always funny… WCT: I liked your song from that movie. relationships, music and the media portrayal of said that with the attention the city was receiv- NM: She is always on! Think about how hard How would you describe your eclectic new- Black youth. ing getting that year with Barack Obama being that would be. It’s so nice to be allowed to be est record? An interview-driven film with wide-ranging nominated for U.S. president and an Olympics boring. NM: We traveled the world to bring you this footage provides context for young people who bid in the works, the eyes of the world were WCT: Even from your first album you had are often criticized and frequently misunder- focusing on Chicago. “The reality is these stories a funny title: Get Away from Me, playing off album and hope you like it! stood. Small-group conversations punctuate the are universal,” said Gordon Quinn, co-founder of Norah Jones’ Come Away with Me. Now Nellie travels to Chicago at the Lin- individual vignettes on each young person. and executive producer of Kartemquin Films, and NM: She wasn’t the only one with a title coln Hall, 2424 N. Lincoln, on Wed., Jan. 26 The documentary subjects are: creative consultants for the film. “The breadth out like that. Jane Monheit had Come Dream (http://www.lincolnhallchicago.com) and —Rosalee, 18, a recent graduate of Lakeview of individual stories in the film is quite remark- With Me and Triumph the Insult Comic Dog had Evanston Space, 1245 Chicago, Evanston, High School. Rosalee is the oldest in a family of able.” Come Poop with Me. on Thursday, Jan 27 (http://www.evanston- eight where she and her three brothers and sis- Upcoming screenings are scheduled for Mem- WCT: Oh, brother… space.com). ters were adopted by her aunt and uncle. She is phis, Raleigh, Tucson and New York. The film will NM: It seemed to be an entire theme. It was to purchase tickets visit their websites the first person in her family to attend college. be on the festival circuit and will also be offered not a one-time gag. It’s a whole philosophy. or McKay’s own at http://www.nelliemckay. Rosalee struggles with life away from her family to public television stations across the country. I think a lot of people can identify with Get com. and the college experience. For more information, go to www.wokeupblack. —Carter, 16, was adopted by two African com. Follow on Facebook at www.facebook.com/ American gay men when he was 10. As the old- wokeupblack or at @wokeupblackdoc at Twitter. est of eight children he was bounced around in com. Call 773-942-1268. foster care for several years. Carter is finishing Pricing for the Feb. 25 gala is as follows: up his last year of high school and is balancing —$1,000 Director’s Circle: Includes six tick- his class studies, sports and family life while ets, program listing, preferred seating at the Nellie trying to figure out his future. screening, opening-night party and a DVD copy McKay. —Ace, 17, is a self-identified genderqueer of the documentary Photo by youth who struggles to maintain relationships —$500 Producer’s Circle: Includes four tick- Rick with members of her family who do not agree ets, program listing, preferred seating, opening- Gonzalez with her sexual orientation and are not support- night party admission and goodie bag of movie ive of the gender-identity issues she is dealing items with. —$250 Patron: Includes two tickets, program —Morgan, 19, lives in an affluent western listing, preferred seating, opening-night party suburb of Chicago and is in her second year of and film poster college at a prestigious out of state university. —$100 Supporter: Includes one general ad- While being raised to be a strong African-Amer- mission ticket and admission to the opening- ican woman by her parents, she has lived the night party majority of her life in situations where she is the WINDY CITY TIMES Jan. 12, 2011 23 THANK YOU BECAUSE OF YOUR SUPPORT, WE SAW UNPRECEDENTED PROGRESS FOR THE NATION’S LGBT COMMUNITY IN 2010. www.hrc.org

PRESIDENT OBAMA SIGNED LEGISLATION THAT WILL REPEAL “DON’T ASK, DON’T TELL.” FROM LAUNCHING A NATIONAL VETERANS TOUR TO GENERATING MORE THAN 19 MILLION COMMUNICATIONS ABOUT REPEAL, HRC WORKED TO ENSURE THAT THIS UNJUST LAW WILL SOON BE PART OF THE DUSTBIN OF HISTORY. DADT REPEAL JOINS HATE CRIMES PROTECTIONS AS THE SECOND PIECE OF LANDMARK LEGISLATION FOR THE LGBT COMMUNITY PASSED IN THE LAST TWO YEARS.

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Worked closely with the Obama administration to extend Led the campaign to oust bigoted Arkansas school board hospital visitation rights for LGBT couples. member Clint McCance.

Fought to bring marriage equality across the country. Led the Launched an innovative program to empower transgender effort to enact marriage equality in Washington, D.C., and job seekers who are unemployed or underemployed by organized the key religious voices in support of marriage. providing essential skills training to make the most of the job market. Launched a campaign to work to pass marriage equality legislation in New  Led the call for Mormon leader Boyd York and helped elect three new voices for Packer to renounce his discriminatory, marriage in the state Senate. NONE OF THIS homophobic remarks. Launched NOMExposed.org to hold the WOULD HAVE  Worked with the Joint Commission, National Organization for Marriage accountable which accredits most hospitals, to for the misinformation and hate spread in its BEEN POSSIBLE establish LGBT-specific accreditation effort to thwart equality. WITHOUT YOUR standards to eliminate discriminatory policies in healthcare facilities. Developed the Countdown 2010 SUPPORT AND Grassroots Campaign calling for a fair and LEADERSHIP.  In response to high profile anti-LGBT inclusive ENDA. bullying and youth suicides, launched a new website to help address bullying in Deployed 39 staff to 17 states to elementary schools. work for pro-equality candidates and recruited more than 4,500 volunteers to support these candidates. Formalized a partnership with National Education Association (NEA) to extend the reach of HRC’s Welcoming Schools HRC’s Corporate Equality Index expanded with 337 program. employers reaching 100 percent scores, the most ever. Successfully lobbied the Obama administration to issue Signed 50 adoption agencies across the country to imple- guidance permitting employees to take federal family and ment LGBT-inclusive policies and practices. medical leave to care for a same-sex partner’s child and extending federal domestic violence protections to include HRC is only LGBT national partner organization to join victims in same-sex relationships. the national non-partisan citizenship and voter registration program Ya Es Hora. HRC mobilized more than 500 volunteers for 40 citizenship workshops in 20 communities. www.hrc.org/thanks 24 Jan. 12, 2011 WINDY CITY TIMES Cowboy Up: Lesbians ride I’m From the Wild West on the web Driftwood: Mell said. “It was really us sending out e-mails Gay true stories to people we wanted to work with.” By Tully Satre Mell said the filming took place over two consecutive weekends in October. The produc- On the evening of Nov. 21, three strangers ers did encounter some scheduling snags. One rolled up on Dearborn in a 2001 red Ford E-150 actress missed her plane to L.A. and had to be they call “The Barn.” The Barn has carried them replaced at the last minute, Mell said. That’s to nearly every state in the continental United how Maribeth Monroe—who used to act for the States. Their mission is simple: collect true Chicago comedy theatre The Second City—ended stories by gay people from all over. The I’m up playing Meridith, an English businesswoman From Driftwood crew had traveled to 26 states who gives up getting pampered at the spa to before they arrived in Chicago, making Illinois spend the weekend at the ranch. their 27th. Monroe said she thought the concept of the A few weeks prior, I was sitting in my stu- series was fantastic. She summed up Meridith as dio at the School of the Art Institute when I a competitive, funny and flirty woman who isn’t received a call from an unknown number in quite sure why she’s at the ranch. Since Cowgirl Brooklyn, New York. Up is her first Western, Monroe said she had a lot “This is Troy,” said an unfamiliar voice on of new, “really exciting” experiences. She fondly the other end. Troy explained that he was a One of the infamous pink boots at Chicago’s remembered riding horseback, shooting a gun volunteer for Nathan Manske, the 30-year-old Bean. Pic from I’m with Driftwood Cowgirl Up Executive Producer Christin Mell. for the first time and learning to lasso bundles creator and poster child of the gay, true-stories Photo by Helen Adamopoulos of hay. blog I’m From Driftwood. Manske and his crew Marquise. When asked, Nick seemed upset and “I would do it again in a heartbeat,” Monroe needed a place to stay while in Chicago, and I refused to speak further on the matter. I later New tello web series offers said. was their first call. learned that it was due to finances that Nick comedy, competition, cowgirls with Myatt also remembered Monroe and the others I met them outside my apartment in Chica- was unable to join them beyond the contigu- new all-female Western Web series riding horseback as a highlight of the filming go’s Gold Coast neighborhood. (I am after all, ous United States. By Helen Adamopoulos process, especially since some of them were ex- a cougar divorcee). I caught on to their quick/ Alaska and Hawaii fell at the midpoint of the periencing it for the first time. sarcastic sense of humor, which did not come trip and were very special points during the The video shows women sporting cowboy hats, “They were all really funny, and they were re- as a surprise seeing as two were brothers. tour. “They weren’t easy to get to,” Nate re- chaps and bandanas tied around their necks. ally brave,” she said. Why I would let three complete strangers membered. “But that’s why we thought it was They ride horses and face off against each other Nicole Valentine, tello’s chief marketing officer stay for three nights in my apartment, I was so important for us to go.” Nate reminisced that with shotguns and revolvers. There’s kissing, and Cowgirl Up executive producer, said she was not sure. But they came with the promise that Hawaii seemed like a bit of a vacation, having kidnapping and competition. What’s going on? similarly impressed with the actresses’ bravery they were “clean, friendly and fun” and that been on the road for nearly two months. They It’s all part of a teaser for Cowgirl Up, an upcom- when they went to the shooting range and tried their stay was sure to bring good karma; they hung out at Hula’s (Honolulu’s only gay bar) ing series from the Chicago-based, Web-based out their guns for the first time. She also men- forgot to mention the rain. Future hosts be every day. While in Alaska, they were recog- video distribution company tello LLC. tioned a scene where two of the actresses do a warned: the three are notorious for bringing nized by a guy at Mad Myrna’s in Anchorage. He Tellofilms.com—a site intended to deliver Native American dance around a fire pit, com- rain to each city, having already brought rain turned out to be an excellent tourguide taking content for, by and about lesbians—describes plete with feathered head gear and a dressed-up to a drought-stricken suburb of Little Rock, Ar- them up to Wasilla, a town notorious for one of Cowgirl Up as an all-girl Western comedy. It Chihuahua. kansas. They were in the Chicago less than a its residents: Sarah Palin. chronicles a weekend at the exclusively fe- “It was absolutely hilarious,” Valentine day before the city received its biggest rainfall “I felt it was important to get a story from male Double D Ranch in the La Quinta desert in said. “It ended up being a really wild scene to since September in the early morning hours of Wasilla to show the LGBT youth there that Southern California. Two teams of women visit- shoot.” Nov. 22. Chicago just experienced its driest Oc- someone is thinking about them in a positive ing the ranch compete against each other at rid- The series is currently in the post-production tober in nearly forty years, and Nathan along light,” Nate said, “and to let them represent ing, shooting and tracking, each group hoping stage, Mell said. After the premiere next month, with his crew, brother Nick Manske and friend Wasilla the way they want it to be represent- to win the silver belt buckle. Tello CEO and Cow- Mell said viewers can expect one new eight-to- Marquise Lee blamed it on a cloud they named ed.” girl Up Executive Producer Christin Mell said the 10-minute episode each week. It looks like there “Ray.” The project has taken them to places like characters are “ordinary, everyday folks who just will be six or seven episodes. (The crew imagined “Ray” to be like the un- Helena, Mont., where the three guys were want to get out and have some cowgirl fun.” In order to view Cowgirl Up, tello’s users will fortunate cloud seen during the short anima- nearly recruited to play for a semi-professional The series, which will premiere in late January need to subscribe to the site’s new premium tion previewed before Disney-Pixar’s “Up.”) football league (Helena Titans) by an intoxi- (the specific date is yet to be determined), is content section for $3.99 a month. Doing so Much has been written about the “Driftwood” cated Mickey Rourke look-a-like, jagged teeth also lesbian-focused. Mell said the two women will also give viewers access to other web series, project, but little is known about the entire and all. who own the ranch are partners, and a couple of such as “3Way” and “Brunch with Bridget.” road crew that makes it happen, especially Na- “We all of course judged him immediately lesbian romances factor into the plot. In the meantime, tello will tide its audience than’s brother (Nick) who has remained out of based on his appearance,” Nate said of the “It is a definitely a lesbian-driven project,” over with snippets like the teaser already posted the spotlight through the press frenzy. During Rourke look-alike who approached them in a Mell said. “It’s not just a girl-power all female on the Web site. Mell said actress interviews and one of their video entries, Nick calls “Drift- diner, “this big hulking figure, drunk at 10:30 thing. We really tried to do our best to get some a trailer that reveals a bit more information than wood” Nate’s “big American gay tour.” in the morning, in a small town in the middle actors who are openly gay.” the teaser are on their way. Mell, Myatt and Val- “That’s not what it’s called.” Nate interject- of Montana. What we were doing in town was The series got its start last June when tello entine all said they’re happy with how the proj- ed. never brought up...I wonder how he would was looking for a big project, Mell said. Nancylee ect has turned out so far. Without a beat, Nick continued, “big very have reacted. I also wonder how fast I could Myatt, Cowgirl Up writer and executive producer, “Tello Films is very proud that we were able to gay pink-unicorn-gay tour.” have run if he didn’t react well.” came up with the idea. embark on this project,” Valentine said. “We’re You can tell the two are brothers. Aside from collecting stories, the Driftwood “I’m a gigantic Western fan in the true sense very excited for 2011, given the technology we While at Clarke’s, the brothers explained the folk maintain another blog about the tour it- of fanatic,” Myatt said. “The cowboy culture has were able to put in place. We’re really excited for project to Sara and I a little further. The idea self. Readers track Driftwood’s own version of always sort of been a part of who I am.” people to check it out.” came to Nate shortly before he was laid off the classic traveling gnome: the pink boots. Myatt said she already had a screenplay on from his job at a large advertising firm in New Various photos show the pink boots in different hand about women hanging out at a ranch. She York City in 2008. Harvey Milk was on every- places throughout their travels, among them: revised it for the web series, cutting it by more one’s mind that year after the release of the the world’s largest Radio Flyer wagon in Spo- than 40 pages and dividing it up into episodes. hit film Milk. The movie made Nate think about kane, Wash., and Temple Square in Salt Lake “It really sits somewhere between Blazing a famous image of Milk holding a sign saying, City, Utah. Saddles and City Slickers,” she said of the final “I’m From Woodmere, N.Y.” Nate first got the idea for the pink boots product. “I thought it was a little out of left field,” while planning a fundraiser for the project in Myatt also played a major role in securing the Nate explained. “All I knew of Harvey Milk was New York. He and the crew were trying to figure filming location. She said she made arrange- San Francisco, but he’s not from San Francisco. out what to collect money in. ments with a friend who manages a facility with I’m not from New York City. LGBT people are more info is at http://www.imfrom- land for horse trainers, ranchers and polo players from everywhere.” driftwood.com (official blog) and http:// in Southern California. Since its inception, Driftwood has collected www.50statestorytour.com (story tour). When it came to casting the 12 cowgirls, hundreds of stories by gay people from all over beyond the website, “Driftwood” recently Mell said she and the other producers already the world. The idea to take “Driftwood” on published a book highlighting 51 stories had some actresses in mind. As an example, she the road was a way of extending the project from the website since it began in March mentioned Mandy Musgrave, who acted in the beyond just any normal “blog.” Instead, they 2009. The book is broken down into chapters series South of Nowhere. Musgrave plays Dakota, have created a growing archive of video stories ranging from coming out to relationships— a “hotshot young gun.” from people in every state across the country, http://www.imfromdriftwood.com/book. “Since it was a comedy, we wanted to make Nancylee Myatt. including Hawaii and Alaska—two trips which read more about the Driftwood crew at sure the people we were getting were funny,” Nick laments he was not able to join Nate and http://www.WindyCityMediaGroup.com. WINDY CITY TIMES Jan. 12, 2011 25 BOOKS type across more than 1,000 pages, this 2011 Almanac is a fun reference guide, giving you info World Almanac: you never even knew you needed. Mark There are some things of interest to LGBT read- Morford. 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Belmont, http:// Bill Greaves’ 60th birthday; a salute to Photo by Kirk Williamson night with popcorn and refreshments, www.spin-nightclub.com each third Monday. 7 p.m., Center on Hal- About Face Youth Theater DJ Lora Branch sted, 3656 N. Halsted, http://www.center- will spin tunes throughout the evening. A $10 cover charge will benefit About Face Thursday, Jan. 13 opens at 6:45 p.m.. $12 at the door; 6:30 Shower Party at Spin Join Mercedes for onhalsted.org ‘80s Top-Shelf Night at Charlie’s Char- Youth Theatre. With your admission, enjoy p.m., Center on Halsted, 3656 N Halsted, Spin’s sexy shower party from 10 p.m.- lie’s features half price on any top shelf an open bar, hosted by Ultimat Vodka, and http://www.centeronhalsted.org 2am! Register by 11:30 to enter our Tuesday, Jan. 18 drinks you want. DJ Matt spins sweet ‘80s appetizers. A lovely gift basket of Ultimat GLBTQ Night at Peter Pan (A Play) Ignite Shower Contest at Midnight! 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Belmont, http:// scoring a PSP phone on your 2011 to-do lieschicago.com Halsted Dehnert, a nationally-acclaimed director www.spin-nightclub.com list, kick off the new year with other smart Gay aldermanic candidate James Capple- Josh Moshier’s Studs Terkel Project New with singular vision, will direct her origi- PLAN BE PLAN BE has joined forces with singles during resolutions-themed a bash. man fundraiser Tickets: $100 Host: $500. jazz composition inspired by the writing nal adaptation of Peter Pan, based on the four other local promoters at Illuminati Register online. 7 p.m., Downtown Bar, Event Hosted By: Mike Alexander Juliana of Studs Terkel, the Chicago historian, au- books by J.M. Barrie. 7:30 p.m., 312-337- Night Club to bring you THE hottest LGBTQ 440 N. State, http://nerdsatheart.com Burke Mia Casey-Sachs & Mike Sachs Sam thor, and eclectic disc jockey best known 0665, Lookingglass Theatre, http://look- party all under one roof. 10 p.m., 773- Coady Todd Connor Jeremy Davis & Mario for recording and sharing the stories of ingglasstheatre.org/content/box_office/ 435-0130, Illuminati Night Club, 2354 N. Wed., Jan. 19 Sullivan Catherine & Matt Denny Michael ordinary people. Free, seating first come, peter_pan Clybourn Amy Armstrong and Freddy Allen Live at Garzel & Jeff Souva Mary Ellen Hanrahan Rehab Join the zany and talented Amy first seated. 6:30 p.m., Chicago Cultural Ed Kuske David Perry Natalie Spears Bob Friday, Jan. 14 Saturday, Jan. 15 Armstrong and Freddy Allen for a night of Center, 78 E Washington, http://www.chi- Wild Mark Zipperer; 1:45 p.m., Uptown cagoculturalcenter.org The 22nd Annual Rhinoceros Theater Fes- 3rd Annual Winter Block Party for Chi- cabaret and comedy at Rehab. 9 p.m., Re- Recording Studio, 4656 N Clifton, http:// tival The longest-running, last-standing, cago’s Hip-Hop Arts Created to celebrate hab Lounge, 3641 N Halsted, http://www. www.jamesforchange.com multi-arts fringe festival in Chicago, the Chicago’s hip-hop arts, this annual party amyfreddy.com/music-and-comedy/ Thursday, Jan. 27 Speed Dating for Women 35 and under SpeakOUT: What Does the Recent Civil Rhino features works in theater and per- has a free visual art and graffiti gallery Looking to date, make friends or to meet Union Passing Mean to You? The newly formance from Chicago companies and na- exhibition; marketplace; hip-hop barber- Thursday, Jan. 20 that special someone? It’s time for some passed legislation allowing civil unions tional artists alike. $15 or pay what you shop; the Vocalo Sampling Showcase with Women Like Me Are you currently or previ- real-time, fun-time speed dating at Center in Illinois brings with it many questions, can at the door, $12 in advance online. Vocalo host Jesse Menendez leading a pre- ously married, but think that you might be on Halsted. You will have an opportunity ranging from historic precedent to current Through Feb. 14. 7 p.m., Prop Theater, sentation on the art of sampling; lots of lesbian, bisexual, or gay? If so, joins us to meet everyone and leave with contact legal, civic, and religious implications. A 3502 N. Elston http://www.rhinofest.com special guests; music all afternoon! Tick- for Women Like Me, an ongoing women’s information for your matches! Cash bar panel of distinguished experts will give eted programs this year include a screen- discussion and support group. In an open short presentations on their area of knowl- ing of Copyright Criminals. Highlighting discussion format, we’ll address topics edge and then take questions from the au- the event will be a ticketed evening pro- unique to women who have previously dience. It is hoped that this program will gram titled “Original Style: Exploring the identifies as straight, such as: Coming out give members of the public more insight History of Chicago House” hosted by Kevin to family, friends, and at work, Parent/ into the new law, how it came about, and Coval, which will include archival film of Child Issues, Marital separation & divorce, how its passage will affect their families. the scenes and sounds of the 1980s and Meeting other women, Sexual safety, Men- 6:30 p.m., Center on Halsted, 3656 N Hal- ‘90s, music selections courtesy of Silver- tal health. Group meets every third Thurs- sted, http://www.centeronhalsted.org Room founder DJ Eric Williams, plus the day of the month. Our setting is safe and Men’s Speed Dating 35 and under Looking founders of Chicago house, including DJ affirming, and there is no cost to partici- to date, make friends or to meet that spe- Frankie Knuckles. 11 a.m., Chicago Urban pate. For more information, please contact cial someone? It’s time for some real-time, Art Society, 2229 S. Halsted 773-388-3319; 6 p.m., 773.388.3319, fun-time speed dating at Center on Hal- I2I-Invisible to Invincible LGBT her/his- 4025 N Sheridan Road, Chicago IL, http:// sted. You will have an opportunity to meet tory program Coming Home, Chinese tra- howardbrown.org everyone and leave with contact informa- ditionalism and changing views on same tion for your matches! Cash bar opens at sex love. Free. 2 p.m., Public Library in Saturday, Jan. 22 6:45 p.m.. $12 at the door; 7 p.m., Center Chinatown, 2353 S. Wentworth, http:// Asians and Friends, Chinese New Year on Halsted, 3656 N Halsted, http://www. www.chicagoi2i.org dinner and show 2011 Year of the Hare, centeronhalsted.org 9 to 12 Bowling Bowling is the 3rd Satur- Chicago’s largest annual gay dinner and day of the month from 9 p.m. to midnight. show to celebrate Chinese New Year with 9 p.m., River Rand Bowl - Des Plaines a cabaret-style variety show, presale price Friday, Jan. 28 Young Professionals for Gery Chico May- Lady Arm Wrestlers benefitH oward Brown online until Jan. 15 is $37; door $42. Two oral candidate meeting with young profes- Witness 16 strong armed, costumed and autographed copies of the 2011 Asian sionals from around the city who want to crazy lady arm wrestlers battle it out for Men Redefined calendar will be among learn more about his views. Contribution the championship sash in CLLAW VIII and the raffle prizes at the dinner. 7 p.m., levels are $25, $50, $75 and $100. Food benefit Sideshow Theatre Company and 312-409-1573, Phoenix Restaurant, 2131 and beverage are included! Please RSVP to the Howard Brown Health Center. Prizes S. Archer, Chicago, http://www.afchicago. [email protected]; 5:30 p.m., for CLLAW VIII include a private tour of org John Barleycorn, 3524 N. Clark, http:// the Metropolitan Brewery in Chicago and Benefit for a friend Acoustic music, snacks, www.gerychicoformayor.com a case of Metropolitan’s delicious beers. drinks, art for sale and raffled prizes, $7 Meet The Bar at Sidetrack The Lesbian and Other amazing prizes include a $50 gift suggested donation, Jenny Urban presents Gay Bar Association of Chicago (LAGBAC) card from Whole Foods Markets, tickets a benefit for two amazing people who lost and Lawyers for Diversity welcome judges, to Sideshow’s next production Heddatron, nearly everything in a housefire. 8 p.m., legal professionals, law students, to a baked goods, and more! 9:30 p.m., The Kitchen Sink Cafe, 1107 W. Berwyn monthly social networking event. 6 p.m., Mystic Celt, 3443 N. Southport, http:// Mr. CYB Underwear Mr. CYB 2011 will win Sidetrack, 3349 N. Halsted, http://www. BUBBLE PLAY www.sideshowtheatre.org $500 cash; a promotional tour to New York, Miami, and Los Angeles; 2011 Cover chilagbac.org/ Jan. 14-Feb. 14 Sunday, Jan. 16 model for CYB underwear and free under- Urban Village Church service LGBT-wel- wear for a year; 11 p.m., 8107062554, Parlour on Clark, 6341 N. Clark, http:// The program “Kluteny”—conceived and choreographed coming worship services at Urban Village by Cristal Sabbagh (above)—is just one of the many offerings at the Rhinoceros Theater Festival. Get WindyCityMediaGroup.com Photo by Andre Walker : online ChicagoPride.com WINDY CITY TIMES Jan. 12, 2011 29

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sign on for those jobs?? I gotta get my agent on “In a sexual way, I’m gay.”—Johnny Weir con- this. The hand actually belongs to his girlfriend, firms the worst secret in the world. model Anne Vyalitsyna. When asked if he had It may be a new year, but some of the old sto- any problem with the shoot, Adam laughed and ries are still floating around. Sure, Johnny Weir said, “I spend most of my life naked. In fact, I finally confirmed he’s gay. But others are not often have to be told by the people around me quite as forthcoming. And one of the people ev- that it’s inappropriate to be as naked as I am.” eryone’s still talking about is John Travolta. This SUNDAY, JAN 16 time it’s not because of something he’s done; SUNDAY, JAN 16 it’s because of something he might do. Online betting companies are taking wagers on when OOPPEENN 1111::3300AAMM John will come out of the closet. Other popu- lar celebrity bets include: when Charlie Sheen will go to jail, when Mel Gibson will be arrested, when Miley Cyrus will go to rehab and when Mi- chael Jackson will return from the dead. I’d like to get a piece of that action. CCHHIICCAAGGOO Streisand is ready to return to musical the- atre—at least on film. According to Arthur Laurents, Streisand is thisclose to taking on the towering role of Mama Rose in a big screen remake of Gypsy. But, contrary to published re- ports, she will not direct (said Laurents, “She BBEEAARRSS once wanted to, but playing Rose is enough to VS. SEAHAWKS IN THE PLAYOFFS make her happy”). The musical, which was writ- VS. SEAHAWKS IN THE PLAYOFFS ten for Ethel Merman, first made it to the big screen in 1962 with Rosalind Russell (and Lisa IINN MMAAIINNBBAARR && Kirk, but that’s another story). It was later re- made for television with Bette Midler in 1993. CCHHEERRRRYYBBAARR Other people have previously been attached to a remake—most notably Liza Minnelli, who almost THEN SIIDETRACK did it a decade ago. Barbra first discussed the In Cosmopolitan UK, Adam Levine wears a lot SUNDAY SHOW TUNES idea with lyricist Steven Sondheim, but waited less clothing than you see here. to make a decision until she had Laurents’ bless- FROM 4PM ing: “Barbra and I have been getting along very well now for some time. We’ve talked about it Obviously I’m not one of those people. You can a lot, and she knows what she’s doing. She has see for yourself at BillyMasters.com. Sidetrack The Video Bar • 3349 N. Halsted • SidetrackChicago.com my approval. She had a mother who she always The topic of nude celebs brings us to the first thought was Mama Rose. I don’t want to get into “Ask Billy” question of the New Year. Reggie in the details, but the point is she knows. She’s North Dakota asks: “I heard that Steve Howey is got it in her. She’s going to be much more than in Shameless. Since it’s cable, will there be any people expect.” Laurents also has a sentimental nudity? He’s so hot, I figured you’d know.” reason for seeing Streisand in the role—he di- Not only do I know—I have the first shots rected her first Broadway musical, I Can Get It of his naughty bits. As longtime readers of this For You Wholesale. “We’re talking about Gypsy column know, I have a history with Stevie—my being a bookend for us. She began with me, and presence at a taping of Reba ensured I’d be on this will be a grand farewell for us,” said the 92- the blooper real after I made him laugh during year-old Laurents. the one good take of a scene. (He screwed up As I told you months ago, Kathy Griffin has a dozen previous takes.) The Showtime series indeed pulled the plug on her Bravo series My Shameless premiered Jan. 9 and included some Life on the D-List. Griffin said, “Reality is great, full-frontal Howey—now that’s what I’m talking but I really didn’t set out to be a reality star. about! Since I’m sure many of you missed it, So now it’s time to spread my wings and show go directly to BillyMasters.com—the site that’s that I’m a little different than Kate Gosselin. ... always on top of these things. I’m not saying better, but maybe separate myself Could it be that a certainly siren is sucking up from the pack a little bit.” Towards that end, to a certain sexpot’s sibling? Let’s hear Liza try she signed a deal for four new stand-up comedy to say that three times fast! Everyone is gab- specials with Bravo in 2011. bing about this latest conjunction as if it means I don’t think it’s any secret that Prince William something. Honey, not only does he have a fa- is losing his hair. But I doubt he’s interested in mous sister, but he’s a “sister”—if you catch my advertising it. That didn’t stop the makers of drift. Rogaine from offering him an endorsement deal: When our blind item is something to cheer “We’ve been watching Prince William’s growing about, it’s definitely time to end yet another bald spot closely for years, and we believe Ro- column. Well, I guess I couldn’t avoid it forev- gaine can help. We’d love to send him our new er—it’s time to head back to Hollywood. After Unscented Men’s Rogaine Foam. William would all, the Golden Globes kick off the awards sea- be the perfect spokesman for Rogaine because son. But I have another reason to be on the whether you’re a prince or an average Joe, he- west coast—the night before the GGs, I’ll be in reditary hair loss affects one in four men. When Las Vegas at the Miss America Pageant. So if he’s on the altar and the world is looking at the you hear of someone being beaten up because back of his head, he won’t have to worry about he mouthed off to the wrong contestant’s family the hair that’s not there.” I should point out and they backed over him in their motor home, that this hair loss is at the crown of his head—a you’ll know who it was! I’m sure there will be head which will one day wear a crown. Makes the gossip galore from these two events, but you loss a bit more palpable... can feel like you’re a fly on the wall by check- Someone who showed off all of his body hair— ing out www.BillyMasters.com. If you have a and his body—is Maroon 5’s Adam Levine. He question you’d like me to tackle (much like Miss participated in Cosmo UK’s annual issue to pro- Wyoming’s uncle will likely tackle me), drop a mote awareness for testicular cancer. In Adam’s note to [email protected], and I promise case, this meant a full frontal nude shot, with a to get back to you before I’m released on my nail polish-clad hand reaching out from betwixt own recognizance. Until next time, remember, his legs and holding his penis. Where do you one man’s filth is another man’s bible. 30 Jan. 12, 2011 WINDY CITY TIMES AIDS initiative CMSA throwing named official women’s social Chicago Triathlon By Ross Forman professional events,” in the calendar, said Ham- program ilton, who voluntarily snapped all the photos By Ross Forman The women are throwing a party. for the calendar and performed some designing The inaugural Chicago Metropolitan Sports As- service. “We are already planning the next calen- The AIDS Foundation of Chicago (AFC) received sociation (CMSA) Women’s Social Party is sched- dar project, [which will be titled,] ‘Professional a major worldwide endorsement Jan. 7 as did uled for Saturday, Jan. 22, at Joe’s Bar on Weed Career Women’s Calendar’” AFC’s endurance training program, Team To End Street, 940 W. Weed, starting at 7 p.m., and run- So who’s in the 2011 calendar? AIDS, also known as T2. ning until 2 a.m. CMSA members, along with women from LCCP/ T2 has been named the “Official Charitable The event is geared towards CMSA’s female HBHC who volunteered as models. Training Program” for the annual Chicago Triath- members, although all are welcome, since there The LCCP provides primary medical care, be- lon, the world’s largest triathlon event, which is no longer a “women’s bar” to raise aware- havioral health services, programming, health is owned and produced by Life Time Fitness. ness about the Lesbian Community Care Project education and other support services for many Plus, AFC was named the “Official Charity” of the (LCCP), a program at the Howard Brown Health in the LGBT community. event, which means that the agency will be the Center (HBHC), said event organizer Sam Hamil- “Sports and health go together,” said Ham- only charity granted a page on the event web- ton. ilton, 38, who lives in Chicago’s Portage Park site, associated with online event registration, The party will feature many local musicians neighborhood. “By improving your health, you and included in event e-newsletters and press and more. can make your sports team, or your family, releases. “CMSA and Howard Brown have teamed to- healthier.” About 8,500 participated in the 2010 Chicago gether several times,” Hamilton said. “Several And, yes, the Women’s Social Party will be an Triathlon. This year’s event will be held Aug. years ago, Howard Brown was a league sponsor annual January event, Hamilton said. 28. of our women’s volleyball league and, at the end Current CMSA members get in free, while “I am absolutely thrilled about this achieve- of the 2010 flag football season, players from friends/non-CMSA members will have to pay the ment for T2 and for AFC,” said Mike Dilbeck, of the men’s and women’s leagues brought gently $10 cover charge, and 100 percent of the cover- Chicago, who is the T2 national director. “It re- used items to fill the box truck at Warren Park,” charge for the first three hours will go to LCCP/ ally is an honor to be selected for this coming bound for Howard Brown. HBHC. off of our first year for T2. This is an honor for “CMSA is more than [just] a sports organiza- There will be appetizers until 9 p.m., but the T2, for AFC and for the HIV/AIDS community. David Munar. tion. We have held various fundraisers in the focus of the party will be the entertainment. “I look at this like an award from our peers— past and at previous parties we have donated “The women’s social should be a big event for from the triathlon and endurance-sports com- nesto Munar: “The Chicago Triathlon has given money or canned goods to various charities. many years to come,” Hamilton said. “Special munity—letting us know that they appreciate T2 its highest seal of approval for our outstand- It just happened that the timing was right to thanks goes to Denise Montiel and the anony- and respect what we have built and done with ing training program and charitable work in the have a women’s social party and to work with mous donation, which made the calendar possi- T2 this past year.” community. I could not be more proud. People LCCP/HBHC. This party is a way of getting our ble. Thanks also go to Christiana Santiago, Lisa AFC launched T2 in 2010, training locals for a who train with T2 and complete the Chicago Tri community involved off the playing field. CMSA Katona, Jacki DiMaggio and Marcia Hill for the half marathon, full marathon, or triathlon. or another endurance event are among our best has members who have had to give up playing research on important dates and other support. This summer, T2 is expanding its offering of ambassadors promoting the excellent coaching a sport to support their partner/family [and] to “I believe [the event] already has been a endurance sports with a bicycling event, the and our outstanding work fighting HIV/AIDS. help those going through health issues.” success since there are so many sponsors and Wrigley Field Road Tour, on Aug. 27. With official recognition from the Chicago Tri- Also at the event, the limited-edition 2011 volunteers. When word got out that CMSA was “When we asked the [Chicago] Triathlon staff athlon, thousands of other triathlon enthusiasts LCCP/Howard Brown women’s athletic calendar, planning a women’s social, in addition to our [why T2 was chosen,] they said they chose us will learn about us and receive a power endorse- featuring local athletes, will be sold. regular membership party, several CMSA mem- based on the enthusiasm of our staff and what ment from one of the largest growing events in “We did some research and put in as much of bers who are musicians were asked to perform at we can bring to the Chicago Triathlon as a high- the sport.” the information about CMSA’s women’s athletic the party,” and they agreed. ly-respected and successful training program in Munar, 41, ran the Chicago Marathon in 2010, dates, as well as community events and local the Chicagoland area,” Dilbeck said. but this year will mark his first tri, the Chicago AFC and T2 have been signed for a two-year Triathlon, naturally. deal with the Chicago Triathlon. “The exposure of this recognition is huge,” “Our selection of T2 provides us with an op- Munar said. “For anyone considering a training portunity to raise funds and drive awareness for program, the Chicago Triathlon’s recognition is the AIDS Foundation of Chicago, while at the an important seal of approval and endorsement same time fulfilling Life Time’s mission to grow of the kind of excellent experience they can ex- the sport of triathlon,” said Chicago Triathlon pect to receive.” race director, Nick Lynch. “We’re honored to be T2 partners with TriMonster to aide in training among the six [T2] events in 2011 ready to make for triathletes. a difference.” “We proved [last year] that we are serious T2 also will train participants for the Steel- about involving new people in triathlons and head 70.3 Triathlon (Aug. 14), the Chicago Half the worthy cause of fighting HIV/AIDS,” Munar Marathon (Sept. 11), the Bank of America Chica- said. go Marathon (Oct. 9) and the Honolulu Marathon (Dec. 11). Dilbeck said the selection of T2 is absolutely ‘Hancock’ Feb. 27 “Hustle Up the Hancock,” sponsored by the huge “especially when you consider [all of the Respiratory Health Association of Metropoli- other] amazing, national endurance training tan Chicago, will take place Sunday, Feb. 27. programs around the country that the Chicago The full climb is sold out. However, CBS2 Triathlon had to choose from. Half Climb (52 floors) and Lung Health Cham- “While this is a two-year designation, we are pion spots are still available. The total entry committed that it be a long-term relationship fee, due at the time of registration, is $110 with the Chicago Triathlon, allowing the triath- for the half-climb and $110-$130 for the lon and T2 to make an even bigger difference for lung health spot. (The Lung Health Champion those living with HIV/AIDS.” slot has a mandatory additional fundraising AFC launched T2 in 2010 to raise money for amount of $920.) the fight against HIV/AIDS by training ordinary See http://www.hustleupthehancock.org. people to complete extraordinary events: a mar- athon, half marathon, triathlon or 100-mile bike ride. Register has begun for 2011 events; visit Chicago MSA http://www.T2EA.com. “T2 has experienced an amazing inaugural badminton doubles year, trained hundreds of people to complete Winter doubles will return Monday nights an endurance event, raised hundreds of thou- beginning Jan. 10 at the Broadway Armory, sands of dollars for HIV/AIDS, and finished year 5917 N. Broadway. one with this feather in our cap as the ‘Official Dates are Jan. 24 and 31; Feb. 7, 14 and Charitable Training Program’ of the world’s larg- 28; March 7, 14, 21 and 28; and April 4, 11, est triathlon,” Dilbeck said. “It will be fun and 18 and 25. Team fees are $160, with an ad- challenging to create an even more successful ditional fee of $5 per player. Models in LCCP/Howard Brown women’s athletic calendar and amazing year in 2011.” Team entry deadline is Jan. 17; see http:// Added incoming AFC President/CEO David Er- www.ChicagoMSA.org. WINDY CITY TIMES Jan. 12, 2011 31 for me to deal with as I know life goes on. I just he’s gone after having been such a constant Tribute for local never would have wanted it to go on without presence in my life for the last nine years. I Jamie. It’s difficult.” spoke to him nearly every single day. I’ve trav- athlete to be Zuber, 37, an Edgewater architect, added: “It’s eled the world with him. I look at his picture been hard on me not having Jamie around. I every day and wish he were still here. Since his held Jan. 15 have learned that people that you love can be death, I have tried to express my love for my By Ross Forman taken from you without a moment’s notice and best friends every chance I get. I have been so although it may be a cliché to ‘live life to the lucky to have been blessed with so many close A few weeks before he unexpectedly died on Nov. fullest each day,’ but no truer words have been friends—I want them to know how much they 14, Jamie Moravec commented to his friends said. You must always let the people you love mean to me, always.” about Howard Brown Health Center and their fi- know how much they mean to you. Thankfully, nancial crisis. He expressed interest in helping Jamie passed out of our lives with the knowl- out because he recognized the importance of edge that he was deeply loved by us, because we Howard Brown to Chicago’s LGBT community. never missed an opportunity to tell each other So three of Moravec’s best friends—Bradford how we felt.” LaHew, Bobby Hull and Bob Zuber—are throwing The celebration has been branded “Raise Your a party in Moravec’s honor. Glass: A Tribute to Jamie Moravec.” And half of the $20 entrance fee—which in- “There has been a palpable emptiness in my cludes unlimited beer, well drinks and a light Jamie Moravec. Photos from Bradford LeHew life since Jamie died,” LaHew said. “We have buffet—will be donated to Howard Brown Health helped his mom and stepfather go through this, Center. Association (CMSA) umbrella and bowled in the which has been very hard. Spending time with The celebration is slated for Saturday, Jan. 15, Friday night Chicago Pride League. them has been very therapeutic, however—they 6-9 p.m., at Scarlet Bar, 3320 N. Halsted. LaHew said Moravec would love the celebra- are truly wonderful people. I still cannot believe “We thought Jamie would love the idea of tion they are planning, as long as it’s not a sad a fundraiser in conjunction with his party,” event. 7/16 @Atlanta 6:30 p.m. said LaHew, 34, an attorney who lives in Rog- The Moravec celebration, LaHew said, will be Sky season 7/19 Seattle 7 p.m. ers Park. “We conceived of the tribute as a way a “reminder of the brevity of life and the impor- 7/21 @ Indiana 6 p.m. to celebrate the life of our best friend. Jamie tance of living it to the fullest, with no regrets, starts June 4 The Chicago Sky women’s basketball team 7/26 vs. Connecticut 7 p.m. was a wonderful person with whom we all share and with unrepentant passion and appreciation will open its season in June 4 at Indiana, and 7/28 @ Tulsa 7 p.m. countless memories. The four of us talked every for all of your blessings.” will conclude Sept. 11 at Seattle—with plenty 7/30 vs. Los Angeles 7 p.m. day, traveled together, celebrated our birthdays They will have a video montage of photos, of action in between those dates as well. 8/4 @ New York 11 a.m. together and basically were inseparable. He including some of Moravec’s favorite clips from Date Opponent Time 8/7 vs. Indiana 5 p.m. changed each of our lives in his own unique way the TV shows Designing Women and Family Guy 6/4 @ Indiana 6 p.m. 8/9 @ Connecticut 6:30 p.m. and this is our homage to him. It’s also a re- as well as the character Betty Butterfield, set 6/10 vs. Connecticut 7:30 p.m. 8/12 vs. Minnesota 7:30 p.m. minder of some of the things that Jamie stood to his favorite songs. Chris Wedig, a very close 6/11 @ Washington 6 p.m. 8/14 @ San Antonio 2 p.m. for—love, laughter, a big life, and friendship. friend of Moravec, is preparing the 90-minute 6/17 vs. New York 7:30 p.m. 8/20 @ Washington 6 p.m. It’s also our way of saying, ‘We love you, we miss video tribute. 6/19 @ Connecticut 12 p.m. 8/23 vs. Atlanta 7 p.m. you, and we’ll never forget you.’” “Since his death, it has been up and down,” 6/21 @ Atlanta 11 a.m. 8/26 vs. Washington 7:30 p.m. Their goal for the event is simple: “To honor said Hull, 36, a CPA who lives in Lakeview. “I 6/23 vs. Connecticut 7 p.m. 8/28 vs. New York 5 p.m. our best friend and share a little of him with all have been living my life, but each day feeling a 6/25 vs. Phoenix 7 p.m. 8/30 @ New York 6 p.m. of his friends, family, co-workers and acquain- little bit sad and even guilty that I am moving 6/28 vs. San Antonio 7 p.m. 9/4 vs. Indiana 5 p.m. tances,” LaHew said. on and Jamie is not here to enjoy the simple 7/1 @ Phoenix 9 p.m. 9/8 @ Minnesota 7 p.m. Moravec, who played three sports in Chicago’s things in life that he appreciated so much. I 7/5 vs. Washington 7 p.m. 9/10 @ Los Angeles 9:30 p.m. gay leagues, died from injuries sustained in a am so afraid to get caught up in everyday life 7/9 vs. Atlanta 7 p.m. 9/11 @ Seattle 8 p.m. fall from his fifth-floor condominium in the Up- that I forget his energetic personality, excite- 7/10 @ New York 3 p.m. See http://www.wnba.com/sky for more town neighborhood. He was 35. ment for life and love for his family and friends. 7/13 vs. Tulsa 11:30 a.m. information. Moravec played beach volleyball and flag Part of me doesn’t want to let go of the sadness football within the Chicago Metropolitan Sports because I feel like I am letting go of him. That’s

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