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WINDY CITY TIMES this week in Jan. 23, 2013 NEWS WINDY CITY TIMES Obama’s inauguration, speech Midwest report; runway hotline Cocktail shuttered ENTERTAINMENT/EVENTS Passages; TJLP 4 Scottish Play Scott Gerber/Hart meeting; Chateau sold 5 Theater reviews 3 Gay in the Life 6 Betty White interview Views: Monroe; letter 7 Knight: Thoughts on Jodie Foster 11 8 Chicago Auto Show preview 12 9 Dish: Balsan; Fogo de Chao 15 4 WEEKS Photos on cover (left, from top): Jodie 10 Billy Masters 16 Foster in Carnage; image of Cocktail sign by ‘Honey Boo Boo’ star’s HIV claim 17 Tracy Baim; photo from the 2011 Chicago 18 TO Auto Show by Andrew Davis; photo of Teddy 21 Ferrara director Evan Cabnet by Liz Lauren OUTLINES 23 Real estate; classifieds FITNESS Calendar Q Ride for AIDS aims higher BEGINS FEBRUARY 1 19 INTERVIEW WITH BRANDY: ‘I LOVE MY WINDY CITY GAY FANS’ THE VOICE OF CHICAGO’S GAY, LESBIAN, BI AND TRANS COMMUNITY SINCE 1985 JAN. 16, 2013 PAGE 23 VOL 28, NO.15 20 www.WindyCityMediaGroup.comTIMES This season’s scintillating stage selections include (counter-clockwise from top) Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in Revelations (photo by Christopher Duggan); TurnAround Theatre’s Faith Healer (photo by Joe Mazza); Pride Films and Plays’ Beautiful Thing (photo courtesy of David Zak); and Priscilla Queen of the Desert: HOT The Musical at Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University (photo by Joan Marcus). THEATER & page 13 WINTER DANCEPREVIEW 22 URVASHI VAID TALKS WITH WCT PAGE 4 DOWNLOAD THIS! ‘A wonderful life’ 91-year-old Chicagoan Go to www.WindyCityMediaGroup.com WCT PREVIEWS CMSA WOMEN’S Jon Phillips reflects on SOCIAL a life well-lived PAGE 30 BY ROSS FORMAN His small, quaint, well-kept, one-bedroom Evan- ston apartment is filled with a first-hand view of world history, including photos, business and legal documents, handwritten notes, books and the still-sharp memory of 91-year-old Jon Phil- lips, who talks openly and certainly knowingly about World War II, President Truman, Queen Elizabeth II and Mayor Richard J. Daley, and ce- lebrities such as Bette Midler, Rod Stewart and to download complete issues of Windy City Times and Nightspots. Steve Winwood. “I’ve had a wonderful life,” said Phillips who was, coincidentally, born on Christmas Eve 1921. He celebrated his 91st birthday at a dinner with about 30 other people, then went to a nearby Methodist Church service, and then back to his assisted-living residence. He even had a cake in 2012, which isn’t too common for Phillips, who often has had, instead, to simply enjoy Christmas cookies. “Walking down the halls [in this apartment WCT REVIEWS complex], I often meditate, thanking God for a fantastic life,” he said. “I’ve met wonderful CHRIS COLFER people—some famous, some not so famous—but FILM wonderful people overall.” PAGE 21 Chicagoan Jon Phillips pictured at his home (above, photo by Ross Forman) Turn to page 24 and in the navy during World War II (right, courtesy of Phillips). Then click on any ad and be taken directly to the advertiser’s Web site! online exclusives at Enjoy 4 weeks of unlimited access to Midtown. www.WindyCityMediaGroup Plus, participate in 3 group training classes per week featuring TRX, ViPR, and Cardio Tennis. 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While the cold were riveted—mesmerized—by the free-think- Obama steadily proclaimed. “Our journey is not lessened over time, Obama’s promises to a new The crowd erupted in cheer as pro-LGBT Presi- ing man with the shiny, progressive ideas. complete until our gay brothers and sisters are and united America remained. dent Barack H. Obama addressed the diverse The Secret Service was everywhere, but the crowd of waiting Americans at the United States agents could not quiet the one group of protes- Capitol and adjoining National Mall Jan. 21. tors who felt it necessary to scream “Obama is The majority of those present at the time-en- a baby-killer” throughout the service. The music capsulated building stood in line for more than played louder. Obama delivers seven hours for a chance to see the president Perhaps one of the most telling moments of deliver his second inaugural address. A sea of Obama’s speech began: “We, the people, declare today that the most evident of truths—that all inclusive speech BY LISA KEEN ral podium Jan. 21, the Rev. Luis Leon, the KEEN NEWS SERVICE pastor of an Episcopal church near the White House that the Obama family attends, urged President Obama, in his second inaugural ad- that “prejudice and rancor” not be allowed to dress, emphasized the nation’s principle of rule our hearts but that, instead, all citizens equality for all and, in doing so, specifically hold each other in “mutual regard” no matter included the struggles of LGBT Americans to what their race or gender or immigrant status, achieve equality. and whether “gay or straight, rich or poor.” “We, the people, declare today that the Press reports prior to the inaugural cere- most evident of truths—that all of us are cre- mony characterized Leon as a “gay-affirming” ated equal—is the star that guides us still; clergyman at Saint John’s Church, which also just as it guided our forebears through Sen- celebrates marriage ceremonies for same-sex eca Falls, and Selma, and Stonewall; just as it couples. Leon replaced Atlanta pastor Louie guided all those men and women, sung and Giglio who was initially invited to deliver the unsung, who left footprints along this great benediction but who withdrew from the cer- Mall, to hear a preacher say that we cannot emony after criticism surfaced about remarks walk alone; to hear a King proclaim that our he made in a sermon in the 1990s.